Latest - Plastic Surgery

• Florida Offers Drive-Through Botox to Quarantined Residents Quarantined Florida residents worried about their laughter lines and crows' feet need frown no longer -- Botox is back, and it's being offered at a drive-through.
  Reuters Health Information, June 04, 2020
• Understanding the Puzzling Pathology of COVID-19   Drs Andrew Wilner and William Li discuss recent findings suggesting that many of the symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 -- stroke included -- may be due to underlying vascular pathology.
  Medscape Neurology, June 04, 2020
• What Does the Post-COVID Future Hold for PAs? Randy Danielsen offers his view of where the PA profession is going and what needs to happen to get there.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, June 04, 2020
• Diazepam Premedication in Primary Augmentation Mammoplasty What are the benefits and drawbacks of preoperative diazepam administration among patients undergoing primary augmentation mammoplasty?
  ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery, June 02, 2020
• COVID-19: Where Doctors Can Get Help for Emotional Distress Many physicians say the traumatic experiences of being on the front line leave them mentally exhausted, guilt-ridden, and depressed. Here's where to find resources to help your mental health at this time.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2020
• Mitigation of Postsurgical Scars Using Lasers: A Review What role do lasers have in the treatment of postsurgical scars? This review explores the potential value.
  Plastic Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open (PRS Global Open), June 01, 2020
• Robotic-Assisted Breast Surgery: Proceed With Caution The use of robotic-assisted mastectomy is on the rise, but a new editorial urges caution. Read more on the issues.
  Annals of Surgery, May 28, 2020
• Let's Stop the Draconian Visiting Restrictions One physician's thoughts on how to loosen visitation restrictions responsibly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 27, 2020
• Money Worries During COVID-19? 6 Tips to Stay Afloat Thousands of physicians are seeing a slowdown or stoppage of work and income. Here's how to stay in safe financial shape during these financially rocky times.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 27, 2020
• A Painful Subscapular Mass A patient presents with a painful mass in the subscapular region. What was the cause of the lesion and how was it managed?
  ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery, May 26, 2020
• Healthcare Workers May Be at Risk Early in COVID-19 Outbreak In the early stages of a COVID-19 outbreak, healthcare workers may not recognize that patients have the disease, which can put them at risk, new data suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2020
• Happy 25th Birthday, Medscape, From Our Founder Medscape launched on May 22, 1995. It was the first site with a radical concept: anyone who registered would have free access to trusted information previously available only through subscriptions.
  Medscape, May 21, 2020
• Has the Pandemic 'Infected' Our Approach to Medicine? Changing long-standing protocols. Using unproven drugs. Targeting colleagues. Blame the COVID-19 'superinfection' for these changes in physicians' thinking, argues Vinay Prasad.
  Medscape Oncology, May 20, 2020
• COVID-19 and Physician Income: Some Suffer While Others Do Not Like COVID-19's symptoms, the pandemic's effect on physician income has been worse for some specialties than for others. Here's a rundown of how various doctors are dealing financially.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2020
• Medscape Plastic Surgeon Compensation Report 2020
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 20, 2020
• Medicare for All vs Single Payer: Do You Know the Difference? Many people consider Medicare for All and single payer synonymous; others say they have important differences.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2020
• Medscape Physician Assistant Compensation Report 2020 Our first PA compensation survey reveals how much PAs earn across the country by specialty, work setting, education, and much more.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 15, 2020
• Voice Your Opinion: Medscape PA Compensation Report 2020 Tell us what you think about the findings of Medscape's first report on physician assistant compensation.
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 14, 2020
• COVID-19 Will Likely Change Docs' Incentive Targets, Bonuses Patient volume is down 60%, but remote patient engagement is up 225%. Medscape's annual compensation survey shows that orthopedists and plastic surgeons make the most.
  Medscape Medical News, May 14, 2020
• Bacterial Species and Load Increase During NPWT Might changes in bacterial species and load during NPWT influence the incidence of infection?
  Wounds, May 14, 2020