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Chaperone Use During Plastic Surgery Physical Examinations: Nationwide Provider Practices and Impact of Level of Training.
[BACKGROUND] Medical chaperones often play an important role during physical examinations, providing patient comfort and serving as medicolegal witness. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare practices regarding chaperone use…
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Assessment of Opioid-Prescribing Practices in Breast Augmentation: Future Directions for Prescribing Guidelines.
[BACKGROUND] The United States (US) is in the mid of an opioid epidemic propagated, in part, by prescription opioids. With excess overprescribing documented in a variety of surgical procedures, several societies have recommended opioid-pres…
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The New 2019 Institutional Review Board Common Rule Update: Implications for Plastic Surgery Research.
Clinical research remains at the forefront of academic practice and evidence-based medicine. Unfortunately, history has shown that human subjects are vulnerable to experimentation without regard for their own dignity and informed decision-m…
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Single-Payer Health Care in the United States: Implications for Plastic Surgery.
Health care reform continues to be a topic of debate among lawmakers, politicians, physicians, and citizens of the United States. In recent years, proposed changes to the health care industry have grown in both granularity and popularity, w…
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Epidemiologic Characteristics and Postoperative Complications following Augmentation Mammaplasty: Comparison of Transgender and Cisgender Females.
[BACKGROUND] Breast augmentation in transgender women can be an important first step in addressing gender incongruence and improving psychosocial functioning. The aim of this study was to compare postoperative outcomes of augmentation mammo…
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Assessment of Functional Rhinoplasty with Spreader Grafting Using Acoustic Rhinomanometry and Validated Outcome Measurements.
[BACKGROUND] Rhinoplasty is 1 of the most common aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgical procedures performed within the United States. Yet, data on functional reconstructive open and closed rhinoplasty procedures with or without spre…
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Initial Assessment, Treatment, and Follow-Up of Minor Pediatric Burn Wounds in Four Patients Remotely: A Preliminary Communication.
[BACKGROUND] Close, multidisciplinary collaboration with burn experts is the essential strategy to achieve the best functional and esthetic outcomes in burn wound treatment. Management of minor burn injuries, where no specialized care is av…
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Oncoplastic breast surgery: Achieving oncological and aesthetic outcomes.
[BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES] Oncoplastic reconstruction allows more patients to become candidates for breast-conserving surgery (BCS). Oncologic resection of a breast lesion is combined with plastic surgical techniques to improve aesthetic r…
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The Current Role of Three-Dimensional Printing in Plastic Surgery.
Since the advent of three-dimensional printing in the 1980s, it has become possible to produce physical objects from digital files and create three-dimensional objects by adding one layer at a time following a predetermined pattern. Because…
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The New Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Next Accreditation System Milestones Evaluation System: What Is Expected and How Are Plastic Surgery Residency Programs Preparing?
[BACKGROUND] The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Next Accreditation System milestones were implemented for plastic surgery programs in July of 2014. Forward progress through the milestones is an indicator of trainee-app…
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Patient selection optimization following combined abdominal procedures: analysis of 4925 patients undergoing panniculectomy/abdominoplasty with or without concurrent hernia repair.
[BACKGROUND] Massive weight loss following bariatric surgery causes unwanted excess skin and subcutaneous tissue. Intraoperative abdominal wall exposure during abdominal contouring surgery provides the possibility for concurrent ventral, um…
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The ideal nasolabial angle in rhinoplasty: a preference analysis of the general population.
[BACKGROUND] In aesthetic rhinoplasty, the described ideal nasolabial angle ranges from 90 to 120 degrees, with variable anthropologic differences. The authors sought to verify the most aesthetic nasolabial angle as specifically perceived b…
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A plastic surgery application in evolution: three-dimensional printing.
[BACKGROUND] Three-dimensional printing represents an evolving technology still in its infancy. Currently, individuals and small business entities have the ability to manufacture physical objects from digital renderings, computer-aided desi…
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The Boston marathon bombings: the early plastic surgery experience of one Boston hospital.
[BACKGROUND] On April 15, 2013, at approximately 2:49 p.m. EDT, two improvised explosive devices detonated near the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon. Patients were transported from the scene to several trauma centers, including the …
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Acellular dermal matrices in breast surgery: tips and pearls.
Acellular dermal matrices (ADMs) have been used for postmastectomy breast reconstruction, primary and secondary breast augmentation, and reduction mammaplasty. In postmastectomy breast reconstruction, ADMs can be used to either create an im…