Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Dec 2013
Complications in body contouring procedures: an analysis of 1797 patients from the 2005 to 2010 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program databases.
The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence and predictors of surgical and medical morbidity following body contouring procedures. ⋯ Risk, III.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Dec 2013
Why we are here: early reflections on the role of reconstructive plastic surgery in the 2013 Boston marathon bombings.
The 2013 Boston Marathon bombings resulted in a large and unexpected influx of patients requiring acute multidisciplinary surgical care. The authors describe the surgical management experience of these patients at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Brigham & Women's Faulkner Hospital, with a particular focus on the important role played by reconstructive plastic surgery. The authors suggest that this experience illustrates the value of reconstructive plastic surgery in the treatment of these patients specifically and of trauma patients in general, and argue for the increasing importance of promoting our identity as a specialty.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Dec 2013
Review Meta AnalysisSystematic review and meta-analysis on the work-related cause of de Quervain tenosynovitis: a critical appraisal of its recognition as an occupational disease.
The authors systematically reviewed all of the etiopathologic factors discussed in the literature to verify the classification of de Quervain tenosynovitis on the list of occupational diseases. ⋯ Risk, III.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Dec 2013
An anatomical study of the lesser occipital nerve and its potential compression points: implications for surgical treatment of migraine headaches.
This study maps the course of the lesser occipital nerve and its potential compression sites in the posterior scalp. ⋯ This anatomical study traced the lesser occipital nerve as it courses through the posterior scalp and mapped its potential decompression sites.