Reece EM

[BACKGROUND] The contribution of the lateral chest wall to overall aesthetic outcome following breast augmentation, breast reduction, or breast reconstruction has been understudied. The authors of this study aim to determine whether a patie…

[UNLABELLED] There is limited research on the impact of revisional surgery after breast reconstruction on patient experience and postoperative quality of life (QoL). [METHODS] Patients undergoing mastectomy with immediate implant-based or …

[BACKGROUND] Refinement of the nasal tip plays an important role in rhinoplasty surgery outcomes and may be considered the most technically challenging aspect of the procedure. Numerous techniques have been described for nasal tip augmentat…

Chronic inflammation, long implicated in the genesis of malignancy, is now understood to underlie an estimated 25% of all cancers. The most pertinent malignancies, to the plastic surgeon, associated with the degeneration of chronic inflamma…

[BACKGROUND] The use of free flaps from the medial femoral condyle has grown in popularity and is now a workhorse in the reconstruction of skeletal defects. The utility of this technique has not yet been described for the pediatric patient …

[BACKGROUND] Pseudoarthrosis, or failure to achieve bony union, is a well-known complication of spinal fusion operations. Rates range from 5% to 40% and are influenced by both patient and technical factors. Patients who do not achieve compl…

[BACKGROUND] Solid arthrodesis is the long-term goal of most spinal reconstruction surgeries. A multitube of biologics as well as autograft is commonly used to augment the bony fusion. Medial scapular vascularized bone grafts (S-VBGs) are a…

[BACKGROUND] Iliac crest autograft has been the gold standard for harvest of fusion materials in spine surgery. The benefits of a vascularized version of this bone graft-including delivery of stem cells, ability to deliver antibiotics to th…

[BACKGROUND] Plastic surgeons have been shown to be unprepared to negotiate their first employment contracts. Previous survey studies have attempted to assess plastic surgeons' first employment contracts to outline common pitfalls in contra…

[BACKGROUND] Physician and resident wellness has been increasingly emphasized as a means of improving patient outcomes and preventing physician burnout. Few studies have been performed with a focus on wellness in plastic surgery training. …

[BACKGROUND] Recent changes to the plastic surgery residency training requirements along with a general call for expanded education in cosmetic surgery have encouraged many institutions to incorporate resident aesthetic clinics into their c…

Intrinsic to the field of plastic surgery, constant changes in health care policy, consumer demands, and medical technology necessitate periodic evaluation of trends in employment over time. In this article, we review the existing literatur…

Although innovation and entrepreneurship are complementary in the process of creating new products, plastic surgeons are frequently discouraged by the challenges associated with the regulatory and administrative environments in patent filin…

There are multiple subspecialties that residents can pursue after core plastic surgery training, including 5 major fellowship categories: aesthetic, burn, craniofacial, hand, and microsurgery. Hand surgery remains the only plastic surgery s…

Advances in surgical instruments, magnification technology, perforator dissection techniques, and vascular imaging over the past decades have facilitated exponential growth in the field of microsurgery. With wide application potential inclu…

The practice of plastic surgery has become more complex. As plastic surgeons face the postgraduate realities of contracts, negotiations, and health system employment, they are frequently unprepared to effectively manage these challenges. Fu…

The worldwide outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has forced health care systems across the United States to undertake broad restructuring to address the ongoing crisis. The framework of crisis management can assist plastic surg…

[BACKGROUND] In the contemporary healthcare environment, there is a need for physicians to understand business fundamentals. Nonsurgical residencies have implemented formal business education, but surgical training programs have been slower…

[BACKGROUND] Physicians, especially plastic surgeons, are underrepresented in hospital leadership. As such, the steps an aspiring plastic surgeon should take toward assuming a high-level administrative role remain unclear. The authors aim t…