by Ara Salibian, MD (@AraSalibianMD) The scenario is all too familiar. It’s midnight after a long day in the OR, and shortly after getting home, your sleep is inevitably interrupted. After some quick self-motivation, you […]
by Kate S. Boehm, MD (@KateSBoehm) Last week hosted another great PRS Journal Club! Discussed was the study titled “Microsurgical Reconstruction of Traumatic Lower Extremity Defects in Pediatric the Population” by Momeni et al. from […]
by Mieke Heyns, MD, Anna Steve, MD, Jiayi Hu, MD, Justin Yeung, MD This is an exciting time of year as many medical students begin clerkship here in Canada, and start to experience the ins and […]
by Francesco M. Egro, MD, MSc, MRCS (@FrancescoEgro) The March edition of the #PRSJournalClub offered an exciting discussion of a great PRS article entitled “Intraoperative Comparison of Anatomical versus Round Implants in Breast Augmentation” by David […]
by Vik Reddy, MD, MHSA, FACS (@VikRReddyMD) Case schedule: 1.) Right reverse sural flap for a 78-year-old man with an open distal third tibia fracture after an auto-versus-bicycle accident; 2.) Right orbital floor reconstruction for a 24-year-old […]
by Daniel M Balkin, MD, PhD (@DannyBalkin) The December edition of the #PRSJournalClub featured a landmark study by Lambros & Gideon, entitled, “Three-Dimensional Facial Averaging: A Tool for Understanding Facial Aging.” In an effort to […]
by Chad Purnell, MD (@ChadPurnellMD) Northwestern’s plastic surgery program was lucky enough to have JP Hong, MD, PhD, MMM, Professor and Chief of Plastic Surgery at Asan Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea as our […]
by Mieke Heyns and Anna Steve MD University of Calgary, Canada Modern development of smartphone technology and its integration into medical care has enhanced physician practice in the clinical setting. Consider the following example: A […]
by Shuja Shafqat, MD (@shujashafqatmd) and Amanda Silva, MD (@AmandaKSilvaMD) This time of year can bring anxiety for many of our colleagues in their final years of plastic surgery residency. The decision of what to […]
The November edition of the #PRSJournalClub discussed, “Barriers to reconstructive surgery in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study of 453 cleft lip and cleft palate patients in Vietnam”