Readability of Patient Education Materials in Plastic Surgery: Assessing 14 Years of Progress.

Background: Current recommendations suggest that patient education materials (PEMs) be written at or below the sixth-grade reading level. In a 2010 study, the average readability of PEMs on the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and The Aesthetic Society (AS) websites was found to be at the 11th-grade level or higher. We sought to assess progress made toward providing accessible PEMs.

Unintended Souvenirs: Case Report of a Retained Foreign Body During Cosmetic Surgery Tourism.

Medical tourism has grown exponentially, spurred by incentives such as cost reductions, minimal wait times, and the allure of recuperative vacations. However, this trend carries substantial risks, as illustrated by the case of a 52-year-old female patient who underwent an abdominoplasty as part of a medical tourism package in Miami, FL, which resulted in a retained foreign body. The case highlights the broader issues of continuity of care, patient safety, and the legal and ethical ramifications faced by patients opting for medical tourism surgical procedures domestically and abroad.

Managing Surges in Demand: A Grounded Conceptual Framework of Surge Management Capability.

Surge management is important to hospital operations, yet surge literature has mostly focused on the addition of resources (e.g., 25% more beds) during events like pandemics.

Understanding the impact of transformational leadership on nurse compassion provision through a time-lagged field study.

Background: A large volume of literature identifies positive, rejuvenating benefits associated with giving compassion to others. However, the relationship between giving compassion and feelings of exhaustion remains underexplored. Understanding when giving compassion can potentially lead to feelings of emotional exhaustion is particularly important for nurses who are called upon to provide high levels of compassion to suffering patients in their daily work.

Starting from scratch: New work design to enact entrance screening during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Health care organizations are constantly creating new work to achieve evolving goals such as digitalization, equity, value, or well-being. However, scholars have paid less attention to how such work becomes "work" in the first place, despite implications for the design, quality, and experience of work and, consequently, employee and organizational outcomes.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate how new work becomes enacted in health care organizations.

Making Headway in Surgical Education at Home and Abroad: Use of an Inexpensive Three-Dimensional Learning Model to Improve Plastic Surgery Resident Confidence in Mohs Defect Assessment and Closure Planning.

Background: The development of simulation, particularly low-cost models, has become a focus of interest within plastic surgery education. Current simulators for Mohs reconstruction are either expensive or not reusable. The authors hypothesize that using a Styrofoam head model during an interactive teaching session will positively affect plastic surgery trainee comfort in designing Mohs reconstructive options.

Preparing for a Crowded Cosmetic Market: A Resident Training Model for Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Treatments.

Patient demand for nonsurgical and minimally invasive cosmetic treatments has increased in recent years, resulting in a growing market that is particularly vulnerable to specialty creep. Despite this growing demand, nonsurgical cosmetic training for plastic surgery residents is often inconsistent and challenging. To ensure the continued safe and effective delivery of nonsurgical cosmetic care by board-certified plastic surgeons, it is critical to implement standardized training models for plastic surgery residents.

Optimize Your First Impression: A Comparison of the Aesthetic Websites of Private Practices and Academic Institutions.

Background: An aesthetic surgery offering within academic programs has positive financial and educational implications. To compete with private practices, academic institutions must view their website as integral to patient recruitment.

Objective: This study examines the aesthetic surgery websites of academic and private practices to compare objective website characteristics.

Plastic surgery and specialty creep: an analysis of publication trends.

Background: Many surgical specialties have had pioneering influences from plastic surgeons. However, many of these areas of practice have evolved to include surgeons from diverse training backgrounds. This raises the question as to whether the prominence of other specialties in clinical practice translates to greater research productivity in these areas.

Medicinal and Recreational Marijuana: Review of the Literature and Recommendations for the Plastic Surgeon.

With the shift in public opinion and legalization of cannabis for therapeutic and recreational use, cannabis consumption has become more common. This trend will likely continue as decriminalization and legalization of marijuana and associated cannabinoids expand. Despite this increase in use, our familiarity with this drug and its associated effects remains incomplete.

Objective Assessment of Facial Rejuvenation After Massive Weight Loss.

Background: While the literature is replete with articles about body contouring after bariatric surgery, little information exists regarding the outcomes of facelift following massive weight loss (MWL). A case report and a technique article are the only sources available addressing this issue. This pilot study objectively examines the effects of MWL in the cervicofacial region and results after facelift.

The effect of community based-academic partnerships on student knowledge about plastic surgery and interest in medicine.

Background: Programs specific to plastic surgery are necessary to dispel common myths and increase interest in the field. In a previous publication by the authors, a community outreach program was developed for these reasons for middle school students. In the current study, we expanded on the previous research and collected objective data to assess students' initial interest in medicine and knowledge about plastic surgery, compared to their interest and knowledge afterward.

Defining the fat compartments in the neck: a cadaver study.

Background: Cervicoplasty is an important component of aesthetic facial and neck surgery, but the fat content in this area has not been described.

Objectives: The authors identify anatomic compartments of fat in the neck (specifically the areas relevant to surgical management), quantify the fat in each compartment, and describe the relationships between each compartment and the submandibular glands.

Methods: The skin was removed from 10 fresh cadaver heads.

Pressure ulcers and perineal reconstruction.

Learning Objectives: After reading this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Discuss the approach and rationale of pressure sore management, including specific techniques of bone biopsy and postoperative care resulting in a significant reduction in recurrence rates. 2.

The SMAS and fat compartments of the nose: an anatomical study.

Background: The soft tissue envelope of the nose consists of skin, the superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS), and multiple layers of fat. Similar layers have been well described in the neck and face regions but there are few reports of its detailed anatomy in the nose.

Methods: Nine fresh Caucasian cadaver noses were dissected in the subcutaneous, sub-SMAS, and submuscular layers.

The presence of "ghost" citations in an applicant pool of an integrated plastic surgery residency program.

Background: In today's morally flexible society, breaches in professionalism abound. Professionalism and integrity are core values required of all physicians. Falsification of application information has been demonstrated in some applicant populations.

The effect of electroacustimulation on postoperative nausea, vomiting, and pain in outpatient plastic surgery patients: a prospective, randomized, blinded, clinical trial.

Background: Current rates of postoperative nausea and vomiting experienced by outpatient surgery patients are as high as 20 to 30 percent. Electroacustimulation therapy has been demonstrated to be effective in controlling these symptoms, but trials identifying its efficacy in the outpatient surgery population are lacking.

Methods: One hundred twenty-two patients undergoing surgical procedures at an outpatient surgery center were randomized to two treatment arms.

Head and neck melanoma.

Nearly 20% of malignant melanoma in the human body occurs in the head and neck. Most studies divide the sites of origin of malignant melanoma in the head and neck into the following areas: the face, the scalp and neck, the external ear, and the eyelid or medial or lateral canthal area. Sixty-five percent of malignant melanomas occur in the facial region.

Comparison of canine mandibular bone regeneration by distraction osteogenesis versus acute resection and rigid external fixation.

The present study was performed (1) to explore the mechanism of skeletal healing following distraction osteogenesis of the mandible and to evaluate whether the same process is involved following acute mandibular resection and rigid external fixation, and (2) to examine the role of the periosteum in skeletal healing in both models. The study was performed using 16 mongrel dogs divided into two equal groups. In the first group, distraction of 20 mm was performed at a rate of 1 mm/day.