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Ferroximend Improves Nonvascularized Bone Graft Incorporation in the Irradiated Rat Mandible.
[BACKGROUND] The purpose of this work is to therapeutically reverse the damaging effects of radiotherapy on bone graft incorporation to enable nonvascularized bone grafting (NVBG) in the irradiated mandible. While NVBG has lost favor as a s…
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Decision Making in Pediatric Plastic Surgery: Autonomy and Shared Approaches.
[BACKGROUND] Although shared decision-making is essential to patient-centered healthcare, its role in pediatric plastic surgery remains unclear. The objective of this study was to define the preferred level of involvement in surgical decisi…
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Assessing the Key Predictors of an Academic Career after Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship.
[BACKGROUND] As craniofacial fellowship positions outnumber the availability of academic craniofacial jobs, it is important to understand the factors associated with securing an academic position after fellowship. The purpose of this study …
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Debunking a Surgical Myth: Do Not Touch the Temporalis.
[BACKGROUND] A longstanding dictum exists to avoid surgical manipulation of the temporalis muscle out of concern for an exceedingly high rate of muscle atrophy and recurrent temporal hollowing. The authors challenge this surgical myth, cons…
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Discussing harm-causing errors with patients: an ethics primer for plastic surgeons.
Plastic surgery is a field that demands perfection, yet despite our best efforts errors occur every day. Most errors are minor, but occasionally patients are harmed by our mistakes. Although there is a strong ethical requirement for full di…
- Discussion: Contouring of the lower face by a novel method of narrowing and lengthening genioplasty.
- Reply: are the new changes in our operating rooms really making us safer and better surgeons?
- Are the new changes in our operating rooms really making us safer and better surgeons?
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Management of difficult pediatric facial burns: reconstruction of burn-related lower eyelid ectropion and perioral contractures.
Despite significant burn treatment advances, modern multidisciplinary care, and improved survival after burns, facial burn scars remain clinically challenging. Achieving a successful reconstruction requires a comprehensive approach, entaili…
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Pediatric facial fractures: analysis of differences in subspecialty care.
At the University of Michigan, the pediatric facial fracture call schedule rotates through the plastic surgery, otolaryngology, and oral surgery services. This situation provides an opportunity to evaluate differences in the management of p…
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Use of modern craniofacial techniques for comprehensive reconstruction of the acromegalic face.
The severe acromegalic patient poses a difficult reconstructive dilemma to the craniofacial surgeon. Significant facial deformities can include frontal bossing, prominent supraorbital ridges, malar flatness, maxillary hypoplasia, mandibular…