Plastic and reconstructive surgery
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Mar 2015
Refining the anesthesia management of the face-lift patient: lessons learned from 1089 consecutive face lifts.
The importance of anesthetic technique is often underappreciated in face-lift procedures and is sparsely written about in the literature. Appropriate control of blood pressure, anxiety, pain, and nausea is essential for reducing the complications of face lift, primarily, hematoma risk. This study discusses the standard anesthetic protocol provided at the authors' institution and describes the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative management of face-lift patients resulting in low hematoma and complication rates. ⋯ Therapeutic, IV.
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Plast. Reconstr. Surg. · Mar 2015
Evolution of practice patterns in plastic surgery using Current Procedural Terminology mapping: a 9-year analysis of cases submitted by primary and recertification candidates to the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Understanding plastic surgery practice patterns allows the specialty to detect subtle shifts in the market and develop proactive strategies to maintain market share. ⋯ From 2003 to 2011, plastic surgery lost market share in facial cosmetic, facial malignancy, and hand surgery and maintained market share in breast and craniofacial surgery. CPT mapping enables us to analyze these trends to better train plastic surgeons to adapt to changing pressures both from economic recovery and from competing specialties seeking to benefit from redistribution of case loads.