Ultra-sonografia para medir a diástase dos músculos retos do abdome [PDF]
PURPOSE: Preoperative imaging evaluation may be useful for determining the position of recti abdominis muscles before their correction. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of ultrasonography to measure the width of rectus abdominis ...
Ely, Pedro Bins +8 more
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The State of Diversity in Academic Plastic Surgery Faculty across North America
Background: Gender and racial disparity is prevalent in all surgical subspecialties with women and racial groups historically underrepresented in academic plastic surgery.
Sahil Chawla +4 more
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Equality of Opportunity versus Sufficiency of Capabilities in Healthcare [PDF]
The paper compares three accounts of distributive justice in health (and more specifically healthcare). I discuss two egalitarian accounts—Daniels's fair equality of opportunity for health and Segall's luck-egalitarian equity in health—and contrast them ...
Tiktin, Efrat Ram
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The range of casualties treated by the Defence Medical Services in the recent Gulf conflict has reaffirmed the important role of plastic surgery within the military. This review seeks to highlight some areas of recent innovation and improvement within the realms of plastic surgery generally, of which some, such as the introduction of Flammacerium and ...
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Research priorities in light of current trends in microsurgical training: revalidation, simulation, cross-training, and standardisation. [PDF]
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any ...
Aggarwal +51 more
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Plastic Surgery and Music: Examining Plastic Surgery References in Hit Songs
SUMMARY. The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency by which plastic surgery-related terms have been included in the lyrics of Western music hits from the 1970s to the present day as a proxy for estimating the cultural impact of plastic ...
Ruben Castro, MD +5 more
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The Plastic Surgery Workforce and Its Role in Low-income Countries
Background: Plastic surgery varies in scope, especially in different settings. This study aimed to quantify the plastic surgery workforce in low-income countries (LICs), understand commonly treated conditions by plastic surgeons working in these settings,
MD Mph Paul Truche +10 more
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Abordagem oncoplástica no tratamento conservador do câncer mamário: análise de custos [PDF]
PURPOSE: To analyze the direct costs of conservative surgical treatment of breast cancer, performed in a university hospital, to the Brazilian National Health Care Public System (SUS), checking the impact of the oncoplastic approach on these costs ...
Ferreira, Lydia Masako +7 more
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The iBRA (implant breast reconstruction evaluation) study: protocol for a prospective multi-centre cohort study to inform the feasibility, design and conduct of a pragmatic randomised clinical trial comparing new techniques of implant-based breast reconstruction. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Implant-based breast reconstruction (IBBR) is the most commonly performed reconstructive procedure in the UK. The introduction of techniques to augment the subpectoral pocket has revolutionised the procedure, but there is a lack of high ...
Barnes, NL +17 more
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Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a transformative technology with potential applications in various plastic surgery procedures and plastic surgery education.
Yasser Farid +6 more
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