Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Sep 2006
Case ReportsOffice surgery safety: the myths and truths behind the Florida moratoria--six years of Florida data.
Office-based surgery is an important method of health care delivery, and in 2000, the Florida Board of Medicine restricted office procedures. The objective of this study was to analyze the deaths resulting from office procedures in Florida. ⋯ There were over 600,000 operations during the study period. The fact that 11 office deaths were reported would suggest that the location in which these procedures were performed was not as much of a factor as the regulators have suggested. The most frequent cause of death after discharge was thromboembolism.
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Mallet finger deformity is a common disability that causes discomfort and inconvenience to the patient. Although numerous operative techniques have been described, surgical management remains controversial. ⋯ The pull-in technique allows accurate realignment of the tendon-bone unit without any specific instrumentation or intraoperative fluoroscopic imaging methods.