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[AIM] The authors sought to analyze lip dimensions of Vogue magazine cover models in order to quantify trends in lip dimensions over time. As a secondary objective, the authors aimed to characterize the relationship of these lip dimensions …

[INTRODUCTION] Malnutrition is associated with increased mortality in patients with head and neck (H&N) cancer. Because albumin levels are used as a surrogate for nutritional status, the purpose of this study is to assess whether malnutriti…

[INTRODUCTION] Research is key to academic advancement in plastic surgery. However, access to publication opportunities may be inequitable as seen in other fields. We compared authorship trends of plastic surgery manuscripts that underwent …

[INTRODUCTION] The relative citation ratio (RCR) is a bibliometric index utilized to assess research productivity. Mean relative citation ratio (m-RCR) and weighted relative citation ratio (w-RCR) can be utilized to assess individual resear…

[BACKGROUND] Social media plays an important role in connecting patients and plastic surgeons. We utilized patient inquiries regarding mastopexy from an online social media site to determine the most prevalent patient concerns, while employ…

[BACKGROUND] The transgender patient population is expanding, and gender affirming surgery (GAS) volume is increasing. Accurate, comprehensive, and easily navigable resources on GAS are lacking. We aim to evaluate the readability of online …

On November 20, 2022, ChatGPT was made available to the general public free of charge. As a large language model (LLM), the software was able to process inquiries by users and generate text based on compiled datasets in a humanist manner. D…

The global COVID-19 pandemic reshaped many components of modern health care practice. Before the pandemic, research was beginning to demonstrate the impact of self-facing cameras, selfie images, and webcams on patient interest in head and n…

[BACKGROUND] presentations increase research output and facilitate networking for medical students applying to plastic surgery. We aim to determine predictors of increased medical student presentation at national plastic surgery conferences…

[PURPOSE] Journals are increasingly using social media to increase article engagement. We aim to determine the impact of Instagram promotion on, and identify social media tools that effectively enhance, plastic surgery article engagement an…

[BACKGROUND] In the past 3 months, OpenAI, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) research laboratory, has released ChatGPT, a conversation large language model. ChatGPT has the ability to answer user questions, admit to mistake…

[BACKGROUND] Developed originally as a tool for resident self-evaluation, the Plastic Surgery Inservice Training Examination (PSITE) has become a standardized tool adopted by Plastic Surgery residency programs. The introduction of large lan…

In patients with head and neck cancer, irradiation (IR)-sensitive salivary gland (SG) tissue is highly prone to damage during radiotherapy (RT). This leads to SG hypofunction and xerostomia. Xerostomia is defined as the subjective complaint…

[BACKGROUND] Burnout, "a psychological syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment", afflicts approximately one third of plastic surgery attending surgeons and residents. Burnout can be detriment…

[BACKGROUND] Increasing health care diversity is critical to overcoming disparities. Plastic surgery has been working to improve diversity through various efforts, including social media movements like Diversify PRS and #ilooklikeasurgeon. …

[INTRODUCTION] Over the last several years, various social media platforms have been used to increase collaboration, education, and research internationally. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how plastic surgery residency programs u…

[BACKGROUND] Systemic corticosteroids negatively impact wound healing, potentially increasing postoperative wound complication rates. In this study, the authors utilize the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improv…

[INTRODUCTION] Resident Aesthetic Clinics (RACs) are an important element for training in plastic surgery residency programs. RACs provide increased exposure to aesthetic surgery as well as greater autonomy in clinical decision making. In a…

The existence of the "July effect," or the idea that the new academic year intrinsically has an increased complication rate is evaluated in microsurgical free tissue transfer procedures. The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program reg…

[BACKGROUND] YouTube is increasingly being utilized as a major educational resource by patients. It is important for plastic surgeons to understand the quality and characteristics of videos that patients are likely to view about procedures …

[BACKGROUND] The academic productivity of an integrated plastic surgery applicant is strongly considered during the ranking process but is often difficult to assess. The h-index is a tool that provides an objective measure of both the quali…

Dysphagia is considered to be a significant barrier for recovery after lateral medullary infarction (LMI). However, there is still no gold standard treatment for dysphagia. The aim of this study was to explore an effect of an early treatmen…

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a population of multipotent cells that can be isolated from various adult and fetal tissues, including adipose tissue. As a clinically relevant cell type, optimal methods are needed to isolate and expand th…

Expert witness testimony is crucial for juror decision making. The goals of this study were to examine the trends in malpractice litigation in plastic surgery and to examine the characteristics of expert witnesses in litigation. The Westla…

Capsular contracture, the most common complication following breast augmentation with implants, is a complex inflammatory reaction that ultimately leads to fibrosis at the contact site between the implant and tissue. A number of peri-, pre-…