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Leveraging Online Patient Forums to Understand Breast Reduction Concerns: A Machine-Learning Analysis of 3078 Patient Questions Over 15 Years.
[BACKGROUND] Patients are increasingly using social media and online forums to learn about plastic surgery, which can influence their expectations. Understanding patient concerns on these platforms will facilitate productive clinic discussi…
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Paucity of Online Information About Gender-Affirming Surgery Fellowships in the United States.
[BACKGROUND] Despite growing demand for gender-affirming surgery (GAS), there are few formal GAS fellowships in the United States. Paucity of online information about GAS fellowships may discourage potential applicants and decrease the visi…
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GTPase splice variants RAC1 and RAC1B display isoform-specific differences in localization, prenylation, and interaction with the chaperone protein SmgGDS.
Identifying events that regulate the prenylation and localization of small GTPases will help define new strategies for therapeutic targeting of these proteins in disorders such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and neurological deficits. S…
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Health Service Utilization and Its Associations with Depression and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Transgender Women in Shanghai, China.
[PURPOSE] Given the limited research on health care utilization among transgender women in China, we described the use of primary health care and gender-affirming health care, and the associations between utilization of gender-affirming hea…
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Liposuction-Augmentation Mammaplasty.
[BACKGROUND] The female breast loses superior fullness and becomes more ptotic over time. Women often present to their plastic surgeon requesting reversal of this evolution. While liposuction alone has been proven to lift the breast, no sol…
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Alar Contour Grafts in Rhinoplasty: A Safe and Reproducible Way to Refine Alar Contour Aesthetics.
[BACKGROUND] Alar rim deformities such as retraction, notching, collapse, and asymmetry are common problems in rhinoplasty patients. Although alar rim deformities may be improved through rhinoplasty, this area is prone to late changes becau…
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Varied Definitions of Nasolabial Angle: Searching for Consensus Among Rhinoplasty Surgeons and an Algorithm for Selecting the Ideal Method.
[BACKGROUND] The nasolabial angle (NLA) is an important aesthetic metric for nasal assessment and correction. Although the literature offers many definitions, none has garnered universal acceptance. [METHODS] To gauge the consensus level a…
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Thermal capsulorrhaphy: a modified technique for breast pocket revision.
[BACKGROUND] Scant attention has been paid to breast capsule revision after augmentation mammaplasty. Dissatisfaction with traditional techniques prompted the senior authors to develop a thermal capsulorrhaphy (TC) technique to obliterate e…
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Comparison of Limited-Undermining Lipoabdominoplasty and Traditional Abdominoplasty Using Laser Fluorescence Imaging.
[BACKGROUND] Body contouring that involves abdominoplasty and/or liposuction is a common cosmetic surgery procedure. Although single-staged lipoabdominoplasty has gained popularity, safety concerns remain. [OBJECTIVES] The authors compared…
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The endonasal lip lift: personal technique.
Given the shortcomings of current methods to shorten the cutaneous upper lip, the senior authors modified the traditional subnasal lip lift with endonasal flaps, performing 311 such lifts over a 15-year period. Ideal surgical candidates are…