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Insurance Type Does Not Impact Adverse Outcomes Following Breast Reduction Surgery.
[BACKGROUND] Previous literature suggests that treatment delays and poorer baseline health among patients with Medicare and Medicaid, compared to those with private insurance, contribute to worse outcomes across a range of procedures. Howev…
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Assessing the costs of academic engagement in plastic surgery in the United States.
[BACKGROUND] Academic engagement plays a central role in education, leadership development, and career advancement in Plastic Surgery. While other surgical specialties have evaluated the financial barriers to such involvement, plastic surge…
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Cutaneous vesicostomy: Effects on future bladder outcomes in patients with spinabifida.
[INTRODUCTION] Initial management of neuropathic bladder in spina bifida (SB) is conservative, but some can develop progressive hydronephrosis, vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI). Cutaneous vesicostomy…
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Filum terminale lipomas-the role of intraoperative neuromonitoring.
[BACKGROUND] Filum terminale lipomas (FTL) represent a sub-type of spinal lipomas, where there is fatty infiltration of the filum. It becomes a surgical entity when it manifests as clinical or radiological tethered cord syndrome. Intraopera…
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The colorful spectrum of Tourette syndrome and its medical, surgical and behavioral therapies.
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder, more common in males than females, with onset before age 18. TS is characterized by multiple motor tics and one or more vocal/phonic tics, persisting for more than a year. Tics a…