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Evaluating the Merit and Applications of the Caprini Risk Score as a Complications Predictor.
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is considered a complication of free flap surgery. Prior studies investigating the use of the Caprini Risk Score (CRS) to estimate the risk of complications in free flap reconstruction are confounded by small sa…
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Reevaluating Thrombocytosis as a Risk Factor in Free Flap Surgery: Does Timing Matter?
[INTRODUCTION] Thrombocytosis, defined as a platelet count >400,000, has been implicated as a risk factor in free flap failure. Despite proposed mechanisms of pedicle thrombosis, recent studies have suggested that thrombocytosis has no effe…
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Analgesic Use Following Bilateral Breast Reduction.
The opioid epidemic in the United States resulted in 42,000 deaths in 2016, 40% of which involved a prescription opioid. It is estimated that 2 million patients become opioid-dependent after elective, ambulatory surgery each year. There has…
- Authors' Response to the Letter to the Editor Discussing "Analgesic Use Following Bilateral Breast Reduction".
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Innovations in the Plastic Surgery Care Pathway: Using Telemedicine for Clinical Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction.
[BACKGROUND] Telemedicine delivers clinical information and permits discussion between providers and patients at a distance. Postoperative visits may be a burden to patients-many of whom travel long distances and miss work opportunities. By…
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Adverse event reporting: lessons learned from 4 years of Florida office data.
[BACKGROUND] Patient safety regulations and medical error reporting systems have been at the forefront of current health care legislature. In 2000, Florida mandated that all physicians report, to a central collecting agency, all adverse eve…