Articles: surgery.
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Aesthetic surgery journal · Nov 2011
The influence of career stage, practice type and location, and physician's sex on surgical practices among board-certified plastic surgeons performing breast augmentation.
Breast augmentation is the most commonly performed cosmetic surgical procedure in the United States, but surgeon preferences in terms of technique and postoperative care regimen vary widely. ⋯ Surgical preferences were associated with years in practice and included differences in technique and postoperative care. Practice location was associated with differences in procedural volume, implant size, incision location, and recommended follow-up time, while practice type was related to surgical volume, implant size, implant location, and percentage of cosmetic surgery performed.
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Surgical procedures for correction of craniosynostosis are often performed in pediatric patients who have a small blood volume; it represents major surgery. Literature is scarce on factors affecting blood loss, intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital stay in these patients. ⋯ The outcome of patients undergoing craniosynostosis in terms of ICU and hospital stay is affected by the number of medical and postoperative conditions, type of anesthesia induction, duration of surgery and type of recovery.