Gilardino MS

Aesthetic liposuction represents one of the most commonly performed cosmetic procedures worldwide. The purpose of this article is to examine and synthesize reported complication rates and explore the analytical prospect of possible patient …

Surgical correction of gynecomastia currently ranks in the top five cosmetic procedures performed in men in the United States. Although removal of excess gland is relatively straightforward, the combination of glandular/fatty excess, signif…

The popularity of aesthetic surgery is on the rise, as is patients' expectations towards excellent surgical results. In order to meet these expectations, risk factors that hinder desired outcomes, such as smoking, need to be identified and …

[BACKGROUND] Preoperative planning for liposuction is vital to ensure safe practice and patient satisfaction. However, current standards of fat assessment before surgery are guided by subjective methods such as visual inspection, skin-pinch…

[BACKGROUND] Fat manipulation procedures such as liposuction contain a degree of subjectivity primarily guided by the surgeon's visual or tactile perception of the underlying fat. Currently, there is no cost-effective, direct method to obje…

Patents are of great importance to plastic surgery, a field fueled by constant innovation. Familiarity with the patent process could promote further innovation by plastic surgeons. By granting proprietary rights to inventors in exchange for…

[BACKGROUND] Progressive hemifacial atrophy is a rare disorder characterized by gradual unilateral soft-tissue atrophy in the face, which may also include clinically significant degeneration of underlying muscle and bone. In recent years, t…

[BACKGROUND] Brachioplasty procedures have experienced a surge in popularity over the past decade, mirroring the rise in bariatric procedures and growing population of massive weight loss patients. The authors estimated the incidence of ass…

Parallel to the rise in usage of Social Media (SoMe) worldwide, plastic surgeons are becoming increasingly present online. Although more are being published, there is a paucity of studies regarding academic and international plastic surgeon…

[BACKGROUND] There is a lack of consensus regarding the superiority of the common free flaps for the reconstruction of circumferential pharyngeal defects. [METHODS] A systematic literature search was conducted to identify studies reporting…

[BACKGROUND] Rhinoplasty is a complex procedure that requires meticulous planning and precise execution. Plastic surgeons involved in teaching residents must balance a trainee's hands-on experience while ensuring appropriate execution of di…

[BACKGROUND] Surgical residents' exposure to aesthetic procedures remains limited in residency training. The development of the Montreal augmentation mammaplasty operation (MAMO) simulator aims to provide an adjunctive training method and a…

[INTRODUCTION] The modern medical era is in part characterized by the increased availability of portable imaging devices. Ultrasound devices are used for either high-resolution non-invasive imaging or as a focused acoustic energy source cap…

[BACKGROUND] Transitioning to competency-based surgical training will require consensus regarding the scope of plastic surgery and expectations of operative ability for graduating residents. Identifying surgical procedures experts deemed mo…

A modified Delphi technique was used to survey plastics surgeons with an expertise in breast reconstruction from 6 university centers with plastic surgery residency programs across Canada. A list of the most challenging steps in teaching al…

[OBJECTIVE] To identify new tools capable of predicting surgical performance of novices on an augmentation mammoplasty simulator. The pace of technical skills acquisition varies between residents and may necessitate more time than that allo…

Alongside the ongoing evolution of surgical training toward a competency-based paradigm has come the need to reevaluate the role of surgical simulation in residency. Simulators offer the ability for trainees to acquire specific skills and f…

[BACKGROUND] Objective tools to assess procedural skills in plastic surgery residency training are currently lacking. There is an increasing need to address this deficit in order to meet today's training standards in North America. [OBJECT…

[BACKGROUND] North American surgical education is beginning to shift toward competency-based medical education, in which trainees complete their training only when competence has been demonstrated through objective milestones. Pressure is m…