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A multimetric health literacy analysis of online gender affirmation surgery materials: From facial to genital surgery.
[BACKGROUND] The transgender patient population is expanding, and gender affirming surgery (GAS) volume is increasing. Accurate, comprehensive, and easily navigable resources on GAS are lacking. We aim to evaluate the readability of online …
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Analysis of the impact of chronic corticosteroid use on free flap reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] Systemic corticosteroids negatively impact wound healing, potentially increasing postoperative wound complication rates. In this study, the authors utilize the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improv…
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The Cost of the "July Effect" in Microsurgery.
The existence of the "July effect," or the idea that the new academic year intrinsically has an increased complication rate is evaluated in microsurgical free tissue transfer procedures. The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program reg…
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Relevance of Academic Productivity in the Assessment of Integrated Plastic Surgery Applicants.
[BACKGROUND] The academic productivity of an integrated plastic surgery applicant is strongly considered during the ranking process but is often difficult to assess. The h-index is a tool that provides an objective measure of both the quali…