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Estimation of wound surface area: an evaluation of medical professionals' assessment in a plastic surgery unit.
The percentage of skin graft take following the resurfacing of burn injuries is routinely calculated in a subjective fashion, in order to make management decisions. Given the gravity of decisions made based on this clinical assessment of gr…
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Meta-analysis on the comparative efficacy of drains, progressive tension sutures and subscarpal fat preservation in reducing complications of abdominoplasty.
[INTRODUCTION] Abdominoplasty is a popular aesthetic operation. Complication rates vary from 4-80%. To date, there is a lack of evidence for complication-reducing techniques. The aim of this meta-analysis was to summarise and quantify the e…
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Cutaneous cooling to manage botulinum toxin injection-associated pain in patients with facial palsy: A randomised controlled trial.
[INTRODUCTION] Botulinum toxin injections are an effective, well-established treatment to manage synkinesis secondary to chronic facial palsy, but they entail painful injections at multiple sites on the face up to four times per year. Cutan…
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Implications of rationing and the European Working Time Directive on aesthetic breast surgery: a study of trainee exposure in 2005 and 2011.
[BACKGROUND] There are concerns that current trainees may be lacking operative experience in aesthetic and functional breast surgeries. Reduced exposure to such cases during training may stem from rationing, EWTD compliance, and an increasi…
- Medical student research electives: stimulating a new generation of clinician-scientists.