Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Aug 2014
Risk of readmission following immediate breast reconstruction: results from the 2011 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data sets.
With health reform increasingly focused on readmission rates as an indicator of quality of care, providers have a duty to identify patients at risk of readmission. The authors assessed the incidence and risk factors for readmission following immediate breast reconstruction. ⋯ Risk, III.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Aug 2014
Primary correction of nasal asymmetry in patients with unilateral coronal synostosis.
The optimal strategy for correction of significant nasal angulation in patients with unilateral coronal synostosis remains controversial. The authors report a novel technique for correction of significant nasal angulation in these patients, in which dissection of the nasal bones is limited to the site of the osteotomy, maintaining continuity with the soft-tissue envelope and the nasal cartilages. ⋯ Therapeutic, IV.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Aug 2014
Comparative StudyMultiple limbs salvaged using tissue transfers in the same casualty: a cohort comparison study chronicling a decade of war-injured patients.
Extremity battlefield injuries from Operation Iraq and Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) requiring multiple limbs salvaged with tissue transfers in the same patient are an understudied population. This study aimed to report the limb salvage outcomes in patients requiring multiple flap procedures for two or more concurrent extremity injuries. ⋯ Therapeutic, III.