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Focusing Quality Improvement Initiatives in Pediatric Plastic Surgery: A Descriptive Study Using the Pediatric National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
[BACKGROUND] The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program - Pediatrics uses a risk-adjusted, case-mix-adjusted methodology to compare quality of hospital-level surgical performance. This paper aims to focus…
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Better to light a candle: Arthur Barsky and global plastic surgery.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery has had a long history with international humanitarian efforts. As the field of global surgery continues to gain momentum in academic centers throughout the world, the role of the surgical subspecialist in…
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American plastic surgery and global health: a brief history.
Access to essential surgical care in resource-poor settings is gaining recognition as a major component of international public health efforts. As evidence is mounting about the burden of surgically treatable disease in low- and middle-inco…
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The clinical and economic impact of a sustained program in global plastic surgery: valuing cleft care in resource-poor settings.
[BACKGROUND] The development of surgery in low- and middle-income countries has been limited by a belief that it is too expensive to be sustainable. However, subspecialist surgical care can provide substantial clinical and economic benefits…
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Plastic surgery and global health: how plastic surgery impacts the global burden of surgical disease.
The global burden of surgical disease is estimated as being 11% of the total global burden of disease. In this article we discuss the portion of this burden which could be ameliorated with plastic surgical expertise. Although not necessaril…
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Improving care after primary cleft palate surgery.
This article reports on the use of a multidisciplinary action plan (MAP) in a tertiary care craniofacial center to evaluate one set of outcomes after primary cleft palate repair (PCPR). Two series of patients undergoing PCPR were studied. T…