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Inequalities in Specialist Hand Surgeon Distribution across the United States.
[BACKGROUND] Unequal access to hospital specialists for emergency care is an issue in the United States. The authors sought to describe the geographic distribution of specialist hand surgeons and associated factors in the United States. [M…
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Skin Excision as an Adjunctive Technique to Rhinoplasty in Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients.
Rhinoplasty in middle-aged and elderly patients comes with its own set of challenges. There is relative lengthening of the nose with drooping of the nasal tip. With aging, the skin loses its elasticity, and the combination of nasal skeletal…
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A tribute to the founding figures of the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
The American Board of Plastic Surgery recently celebrated its 75th anniversary as an established specialty board. This historical article provides an outline of the events that led to the formation of the American Board of Plastic Surgery a…
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The advent of the restorative plastic surgeon.
Plastic surgery is presently typified by the existence of discrete clinical identities, namely that of the cosmetic plastic surgeon and the reconstructive plastic surgeon. The emergence of vascularized composite allotransplantation has been…
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Why we are here: early reflections on the role of reconstructive plastic surgery in the 2013 Boston marathon bombings.
The 2013 Boston Marathon bombings resulted in a large and unexpected influx of patients requiring acute multidisciplinary surgical care. The authors describe the surgical management experience of these patients at Brigham & Women's Hospital…
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Regeneration in medicine: a plastic surgeons "tail" of disease, stem cells, and a possible future.
Regeneration in medicine is a concept that has roots dating back to the earliest known records of medical interventions. Unfortunately, its elusive promise has still yet to become a reality. In the field of plastic surgery, we use the commo…