Latest - Plastic Surgery

• WCD 2019Spotting Difficult-to-Diagnose Skin Cancers Hard-to-identify lesions can lead to clinical misses and misdiagnoses. Specialists attending the World Congress of Dermatology discuss 'great masqueraders' and what to do about them.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2019
• Bleeding Complications in Inpatient Plastic Surgery How often do bleeding complications occur in inpatient plastic surgery? Which procedures may be associated with higher rates of these complications?
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, June 2019
• Earplug Umbilicoplasty to Prevent Umbilical Stenosis Postoperatively placing an earplug into the umbilicus following abdominoplasty may help prevent umbilical stenosis.
  ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery, June 2019
• FDA Obtains Permanent Injunction Against US Stem Cell A US District Court granted a permanent injunction requiring US Stem Cell Clinic to stop marketing adipose-derived stem cell treatments.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2019
• Too Many CKD Patients Get Central Catheters Despite Warnings Almost one quarter of patients with advanced CKD receive a peripherally inserted central catheter while in hospital, despite their relative contraindication, in order to preserve future vascular access.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2019
• FDA Panel Recommends Reclassifying Surgical Staplers An FDA panel recommended changing the classifcation of surgical staplers from class I to class II medical devices.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2019
• Improving Surgical Care Within Regional Hospital Networks What strategies may help improve care for surgical patients while also considering efficiency and costs?
  Annals of Surgery, June 2019
• ASCO 2019'Surgery Is Never Elegant When Women Are in the OR' Monica Morrow, MD, is one of the leaders in American breast cancer surgery, but her road to the top has had some bumps and bruises.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2019
• Three Different Anesthesia Approaches for Blepharoptosis What are the advantages and disadvantages of these three methods of anesthesia for blepharoptosis? How do they compare in terms of outcomes?
  Plastic Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open (PRS Global Open), May 2019
• Management of Vulval Lichen Sclerosus This article explores the potential role of plastic surgery in the treatment of vulval lichen sclerosus. What are the options?
  ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery, May 2019
• Breast Reconstruction With Integrated vs Remote Expanders A new study compares the complication rates of remote and integrated tissue expanders in breast reconstruction. How do they stack up?
  ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery, May 2019
• Alert FDA Approves Calcipotriene for Plaque Psoriasis in Adolescents The US Food and Drug Administration approved calcipotriene foam (Sorilux) for the treatment of plaque psoriasis of the scalp and body in adolescents aged 12 years or older.
  FDA Approvals, May 2019
• Many Reconstructive-Surgery Missions Lack Adequate Follow-Up, Outcome Data Only limited evidence exists regarding patient outcomes from short-term missions that provide reconstructive surgery in lower-income countries, a new systematic review has found.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2019
• Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Reduces Limb Pain After Amputation Dr Lowenfels comments on a study that reviews whether TMR at the time of major limb amputation decreases the incidence and severity of phantom and residual limb pain.
  Medscape General Surgery, May 2019
• Guidelines Nix Annual TB Testing for Most Healthcare Workers Healthcare workers should be tested for tuberculosis when they are hired and should be retested only after an occupational exposure, according to new CDC guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2019
• Performance Reporting Could Cut Overuse of Mohs Micrographic Surgery Individualized performance reports delivered to surgeons appear to reduce extreme overuse of Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), according to results from a nonrandomized intervention study.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2019
• More Than Half of Physicians Have Net Worth of at Least $1M Seven percent have more than $5 million. Among specialties, gastroenterology had the most physicians in that group. Almost half owe at least $300,000 on their mortgages.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2019
• Hospitalists Highlight Lack of Respect in 45% Burnout Rate The percentage of those saying they were disrespected by administrators or others was twice as high as that cited by nonhospitalists. Outside work, hospitalists were happier than nonhospitalists.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2019
• Implementing Precision Medicine and AI in Plastic Surgery Find out how integrating precision medicine and artificial intelligence technology could benefit the field of plastic surgery.
  Plastic Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open (PRS Global Open), May 2019
• Abdominoplasty in the Obese Patient: Risk Versus Reward Is abdominoplasty a safe and effective procedure in obese individuals? How do the complication rates compare with that of nonobese patients?
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, May 2019