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To unionize, or not to unionize? A comparison of integrated plastic surgery residency program benefits.
[BACKGROUND] Residency unionization provides increased leverage for trainees to negotiate compensation and benefits. However, no study to date has compared the benefits offered between unionized versus non-unionized hospital systems with in…
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Tipping the Scales: Quantifying the Impact of USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail Scoring on Application Interpretation in the Integrated Plastic Surgery Match.
[OBJECTIVE] The United States Medical Licensing Exam® (USMLE®) Step 1 exam implemented pass/fail scoring to "create a more holistic residency application selection process." We aimed to assess whether this transition favored holistic review…
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Professional Burnout in United States Plastic Surgery Residents: Is It a Legitimate Concern?
[BACKGROUND] Physician burnout is intimately associated with institutional losses, substance abuse, depression, suicidal ideation, medical errors, and lower patient satisfaction scores. [OBJECTIVES] By directly sampling all US plastic and …
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Smartphone Applications in Plastic Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Survey of 577 Plastic Surgeons, Fellows, Residents, and Medical Students.
[BACKGROUND] There are now over 2.2 million mobile applications (apps) in existence, with more than 250 identifiable by searching "plastic surgery." Unfortunately, only 30% of these are academically relevant, which makes finding useful plas…
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Locally advanced breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma: a case report of successful treatment with radiation and chemotherapy.
The development of breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a rare phenomenon. A typical presentation is an effusion associated with a breast implant. Less commonly, disease can be more advanced locoregionally or d…
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The effect of radiotherapy on implant-based breast reconstruction in the setting of skin-sparing mastectomy: clinical series and review of complications.
[BACKGROUND] With the increasing popularity of skin-sparing mastectomy techniques, implant-based breast reconstruction and use of perioperative radiation therapy, there is a growing need to scrutinize the effects they have on breast reconst…