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Aesthetic Limitations in Direct-to-Implant Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] Prepectoral direct-to-implant reconstruction has become an alternative to staged subpectoral expander-based reconstruction. Although the surgical safety of this technique has been shown, aesthetic limitations have not been well…
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"Identification of Essential Assessment Criteria in Facial Botulinum Toxin Injections".
[INTRODUCTION] Facial botulinum toxin injections represent the most commonly performed aesthetic non-surgical procedures by plastic surgeons; however, post-graduate programs remain devoid of objective tools to adequately assess competence i…
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Skin-Reducing Mastectomy with Immediate Prepectoral Reconstruction: Surgical, Aesthetic, and Patient-Reported Outcomes with and without Dermal Matrices.
[BACKGROUND] Prepectoral breast reconstruction is being increasingly popularized, largely because of technical advances. Patients with ptotic breasts and active cancer require mastectomies through a mastopexy excision pattern to achieve pro…
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Treatment of breast animation deformity: A systematic review.
[INTRODUCTION] Animation deformity (AD) is a known complication of subpectoral implant placement and results from the contraction of the pectoralis major muscle with resultant movement of the underlying implant. This can lead to a poor cosm…
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Objective Quantification of Liposuction Results.
Currently, no reliable gold standard exists for the objective outcome measurement following liposuction. The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize reported methods of monitoring liposuction results by objectively measuring subc…
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The Impact of Implant Location on Breast Cancer Characteristics in Previously Augmented Patients: A Systematic Literature Analysis.
[BACKGROUND] There is a paucity of data comparing the oncologic properties of breast cancer among patients previously having undergone breast augmentation in either the subglandular or subpectoral planes. The objective of the present system…
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The Montreal Augmentation Mammaplasty Operation (MAMO) Simulator: An Alternative Method to Train and Assess Competence in Breast Augmentation Procedures.
[BACKGROUND] Surgical residents' exposure to aesthetic procedures remains limited in residency training. The development of the Montreal augmentation mammaplasty operation (MAMO) simulator aims to provide an adjunctive training method and a…
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Breast Implant Mycobacterial Infections: An Epidemiologic Review and Outcome Analysis.
[BACKGROUND] Epidemiologic evidence of periprosthetic mycobacterial infections is limited. The recent boom in cosmetic surgery tourism has been associated with a rise of surgical-site infections in returning patients. This review aims to ex…
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The role of ultrasound technology in plastic surgery.
[INTRODUCTION] The modern medical era is in part characterized by the increased availability of portable imaging devices. Ultrasound devices are used for either high-resolution non-invasive imaging or as a focused acoustic energy source cap…
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The Development of a Benchtop Breast Reconstruction Surgical Simulator.
A modified Delphi technique was used to survey plastics surgeons with an expertise in breast reconstruction from 6 university centers with plastic surgery residency programs across Canada. A list of the most challenging steps in teaching al…
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Identification of New Tools to Predict Surgical Performance of Novices using a Plastic Surgery Simulator.
[OBJECTIVE] To identify new tools capable of predicting surgical performance of novices on an augmentation mammoplasty simulator. The pace of technical skills acquisition varies between residents and may necessitate more time than that allo…