Risk Factors, Causes, and Costs of Hospital Readmission After Head and Neck Cancer Surgery Reconstruction
This population-level analysis of medical records from the Nationwide Readmissions Database evaluates risk factors, causes, and costs of hospital readmission after head and neck cancer surgery reconstruction. (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - November 8, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Development of a Cleft Lip Repair Surgical Simulator Using Computer-Aided Design and 3-D Printing
This study proposes and evaluates a physical cleft lip repair simulator for trainee education. (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - November 1, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Comparison of Outcomes of Early vs Delayed Graft Reconstruction of Mohs Surgery Defects
This study reviews the outcomes of Mohs micrographic surgery using full-thickness skin grafts and composite grafts with respect to patient- and surgery-specific variables, particularly early vs delayed defect reconstruction. (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - October 25, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Volumizing Hyaluronic Acid Filler for Treatment of Infraorbital Hollows
To the Editor I commend Dr Hall and colleagues for their intrepid and innovative contribution to the cosmetic literature. Although anecdotal experience indicates that aesthetic clinicians have been using injectable fillers of various cohesivities and hydrophilicities throughout the face, the prevailing wisdom and literature from core physicians have dictated that physicians avoid products with a high viscous modulus (G ′) when treating the tear trough. It is thus refreshing that Hall et al have used their comfort with and knowledge of the tear trough to demonstrate that a long-lasting filler can be both safe and cosmetic...
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - October 25, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Optimal Timing of Reconstruction When Using Tissue Grafts After Mohs Micrographic Surgery
Does a delay in reconstruction after Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) result in a higher complication rate than same-day repair? The results of the study from David et al in this issue ofJAMA Facial Plastic Surgery suggest that delaying reconstruction may not be harmful, and in the case of skin grafts and composite grafts, waiting to repair may actually be beneficial. (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - October 25, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Association of Vaping and Smoking With Decreased Flap Viability in Rats
This study investigates whether exposure to electronic cigarette vapor is less likely than exposure to cigarette smoke to lower the viability of random pattern flaps in laboratory rats. (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - October 18, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Association of Smoking Tobacco With Complications in Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery
This population database study uses 2005-2014 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data to assess the risks associated with smoking among patients undergoing free flap reconstruction surgery of the head and neck. (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - October 18, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Is e-Cigarette Vaping a New Clinical Challenge to Wound Healing?
Traditional cigarette smoking has been implicated by indisputable physiologic and clinical evidence to have substantial wound healing problems in surgical procedures. Physiologically, nicotine and the thousands of chemicals (ie, tar) in cigarette smoke induce not only peripheral vasoconstriction but also oxidative stress that weakens neutrophil function and subsequently wound healing through a variety of mechanisms. But what about electronic or e-cigarettes, otherwise known as vaping? (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - October 18, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Surgical Trainee Daytime Sleepiness and Technical Skill When Performing Septoplasty
This cohort study of surgical residency and fellowship physicians at 2 academic institutions uses technical skill scores rated by attending physicians to assess the association of trainees ’ self-reported daytime sleepiness with their intraoperative skill while performing septoplasty. (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - October 11, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Validation of the Persian Language Version of SCHNOS
This study describes the validation process for the Persian language version of a tool for assessing the functional and cosmesis outcomes of rhinoplasty. (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - October 4, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Cervical Angle in the Submental Muscular Medialization and Suspension Procedure
This cohort study compares the change in position of the cervical point between groups undergoing the submental muscular medialization and suspension procedure vs those undergoing the traditional rhytidectomy technique. (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - October 4, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Validation of the Persian Language Version of SCHNOS
This study describes the validation process for the Persian language version of a tool for assessing the functional and cosmesis outcomes of rhinoplasty. (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - October 4, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Association of Skin and Cartilage Variables With Composite Graft Healing in a Rabbit Model
This animal model study investigates the ideal ratio of skin to cartilage and studies the importance of the perichondrial attachment for graft survival. (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - September 27, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
Induced Polyethylene Glycol Fusion in Rat Facial Nerves?
To the Editor In their recent article, Brown et al(E7) conclude that “polyethylene glycol fusion has shown efficacy in the surgical repair of spinal nerve injuries, but this finding was not replicated in facial nerve injury repair.” Problematically, Brown et al almost certainly did not induce polyethylene glycol (PEG)-mediated fusion repair of facial nerves in ra ts. We come to this conclusion for the following 3 reasons: (Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery)
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - September 27, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research
