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20건 · 최신순- The First American Association of Plastic Surgeons Cannon Student Scholarship Experience.
- Reply: Social Problems in Plastic Surgery Residents: A Management Perspective.
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Social problems in plastic surgery residents: a management perspective.
[BACKGROUND] It is presumed that plastic surgery residents experience various social problems, just as do their peers in other specialty training programs and in the general public. These issues can occasionally disrupt the resident's perso…
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Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing surgical-site infection in plastic surgery: an evidence-based consensus conference statement from the American Association of Plastic Surgeons.
[BACKGROUND] There is a growing concern for microbial resistance as a result of overuse of antibiotics. Although guidelines have focused on the use of antibiotics for surgery in general, few have addressed plastic surgery specifically. The …
- Where were you when…? Plastic surgeons remember John F. Kennedy.
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Plastic surgeons' satisfaction with work-life balance: results from a national survey.
[BACKGROUND] Plastic surgery demographics are transforming, with a greater proportion of women and younger physicians who desire balance between their career and personal lives compared with previous generations. The authors' purpose was to…
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Assessing the plastic surgery workforce: a template for the future of plastic surgery.
[BACKGROUND] The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) formed the Plastic Surgery Workforce Task Force to study the size of the plastic surgery workforce and make recommendations about future workforce needs. The ASPS member workforce…
- A plastic surgeon comments on smoking.
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Plastic surgeons over 50: practice patterns, satisfaction, and retirement plans.
[BACKGROUND] Approximately 56 percent of all currently active plastic surgeons in the United States are older than 50 years and are likely to retire in the next 10 to 20 years. The 2006 Survey of Plastic Surgeons Over the Age of 50 was desi…
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The psychological safety of breast implant surgery.
One positive consequence of the challenge to silicone breast implants has been renewed interest in the psychological dimensions of plastic surgery. When asked questions about the psychological outcomes of women with breast implants, plastic…
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Decision and management algorithms to address patient and food and drug administration concerns regarding breast augmentation and implants.
During the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel hearings to evaluate the premarket approval for conventional silicone gel implants on October 14 and 15, 2003, panel members and patient advocate representatives focused on four …
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Plastic surgery and the teenage patient.
Over the past year, the media have reported an increase in the number of teenagers undergoing plastic surgery, and with a tone of faint alarm have suggested that this merits some cultural self-scrutiny. This paper presents the statistics on…
- Plastic surgical workforce: too many or too few?
- Workforce issues.
- Devastating granulomata of the lower extremities resulting from cosmetic injection of adulturated liquid silicone.
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The psychological impact of immediate breast reconstruction for women with early breast cancer.
Twenty-five patients were evaluated, 13 who had immediate breast reconstruction and 12 who had delayed breast reconstruction for early breast cancer. Data were elicited about the psychological impact of the cancer, the mastectomy, and the r…
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The safety and efficacy of breast implants for augmentation mammaplasty.
This review of the efficacy and safety of breast implants was intended to focus on our current body of knowledge about these devices. There are informational gaps, but not all of these can be laid at the door of imperfect studies or failed …
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Scalping: the savage and the surgeon.
The treatment of the scalped patient has challenged and fascinated the surgeon for over two millennia. It is an esthetically disastrous mutilation, and the resultant soft tissue defect is a form of trauma calling for the surgeon's most crea…
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The intravenous fluorescein test: use in timing of groin flap division.
Successful division or delay of the arterial groin flap requires an accurate prediction of viability. The fluorescein dye test is an objective test to determine the earliest possible time a pedicle can be divided. It is an easy, quick, and …
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Immediate reconstruction of full-thickness burn of an ear with an undelayed myocutaneous flap. Case report.
We report a case in which an undelayed cervical myocutaneous flap was used early to cover the denuded cartilage of a burned ear. The ear was saved, and a good result was obtained.…