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Within a resource-limited healthcare system, an emphasis on financial accountability is imperative. Over the past decade at our institution, there have been many operational changes employed to improve patient care during oncologic head and…

There is equipoise regarding the use of closed-incision negative pressure therapy (ciNPT) versus conventional dressings for abdominal incisions in deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction. The primary objective …

Bilateral breast reduction (BBR) is one of the most common Ministry of Health-funded plastic surgery procedures. Surgeon variation in BBR management has been reported. In this study, we aimed to answer the following: what are the current va…

The FACE-Q Aesthetic module measures patient-important outcomes following surgical and non-surgical facial cosmetic procedures. The primary aim of this systematic review was to summarize the pre- to post-intervention mean differences of fa…

[BACKGROUND] The minimal important difference (MID) is vital to consider when interpreting the clinical importance of observed changes from surgical interventions assessed by patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). There is no accepted s…

[PURPOSE] Well-designed pilot trials are essential in determining feasibility prior to initiating definitive randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and their implementation into clinical practice. The primary outcome of this study was to ident…

A clinical practice guideline (CPG) from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons recommended not to use drains in breast reduction. This CPG was based on 3 randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The objective of this review was to double-che…

[BACKGROUND] Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are key to investigating patient perspectives in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Standardization of PRO reporting is critical for trial generalizability and the application of findings to c…

[OBJECTIVE] CLEFT-Q is a condition-specific patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for patients with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P). The aim of this study was to examine the cross-sectional construct validity of the CLEFT-Q scales. [DESIG…

The aim of this study was to examine internal responsiveness and estimate minimally important differences (MIDs) for CLEFT-Q scales. In this prospective cohort study, participants completed the CLEFT-Q appearance and health-related quality …

[BACKGROUND] "Spin" refers to a manipulation of language that implies benefit for an intervention when none may exist. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in other fields have been demonstrated to employ spin, which can mislead clinicians t…

[BACKGROUND] Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) quantify patient perspectives to measure outcomes that matter to patients. The aim of this study was to assess the reporting of appropriateness and quality of PROM selection in plastic …

[PURPOSE] With the increase in the aging population, the level of frailty has become an important metric for assessing preoperative patient risk. Although medical and surgical specialties continue to adopt and standardize the use of frailty…

In 1906, George Bernard Shaw criticized the medical profession for its lack of science and compassion. Since then, advances in both medical and surgical subspecialties have improved quality of patient care. Unfortunately, the reporting of t…

[BACKGROUND] Economic evaluations in healthcare are designed to inform decisions by the estimation of cost and effect trade-off of two or more interventions. This review identified and appraised the quality of reporting of economic evaluati…

With a lot of uncertainty, unclear, and frequently changing management protocols, COVID-19 has significantly impacted the orthopaedic surgical practice during this pandemic crisis. Surgeons around the world needed closed introspection, cont…

Introduction Breast hypertrophy is a common condition that is often treated with breast reduction surgery. A large percentage of breast hypertrophy patients have notable asymmetry between breasts. Methods The purpose of this study was to in…

[BACKGROUND] Reduction mammaplasty remains critical to the treatment of breast hypertrophy. No technique has been shown to be superior; however, comparison between studies is difficult due to variation in outcome reporting. [OBJECTIVES] Th…

[BACKGROUND] Comparative studies have shown little statistical difference in outcomes following rhinoplasty, demonstrating near equivalent results across all surgical techniques. Cross-study comparisons of these trials are difficult because…

[BACKGROUND] When evaluating randomized controlled trials (RCTs), clinicians will often refer to the abstract for an initial assessment of the results and to determine whether a full-text review is warranted. [OBJECTIVES] This project aims…

Most published clinical research is faulty because of many reasons, one being faulty design. A remedy to this problem is the correct utilization of the PICOT (population, intervention, comparative intervention, outcome and time horizon) for…

[BACKGROUND] The fragility index has been proposed as a metric to evaluate the robustness of statistically significant findings in randomized controlled trials. It measures the number of events that a trial result relies on to maintain stat…

[BACKGROUND] Ketorolac is a potent nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that has valuable analgesic properties but also a hypothetical risk of increased bleeding due to inhibition of platelet activation. The clinical significance of this ris…

[BACKGROUND] In vitro and in vivo studies have described a number of different antibiotic solutions for irrigation of the pocket in implant-based breast augmentation in an attempt to prevent the formation of capsular contracture (CC). Our o…

The topic of ethics in plastic surgery remains underrepresented in the literature. By applying the four principles of biomedical ethics-respect for autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice-as described by Beauchamp and Childress t…

Best evidence has no bearing on quality of life if it is not implemented in clinical practice. The authors introduce knowledge translation as a theoretical framework for closing the gap between evidence and practice in plastic surgery. The …