Publications by authors named "Aaron L Grant"
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- Academic surgeons use various approaches to teach during surgeries, and there's no single best method; this study looks at effective practices from surgeons recognized as influential by their residents.
- The research involved surveys from senior surgical residents and recent graduates, along with observations and interviews, ensuring a robust analysis through multi-source data.
- The study identifies three main teaching approaches—exacting, empowering, and fostering—highlighting strategies to improve surgical education while managing patient care and supervisory responsibilities.
Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the utility of self-assessment in microsurgical training using a previously validated rating scale.
Design: A prospective study of surgical residents taking a hands-on 5-day microsurgical training course. Learners completed multiple self-assessments of their technical skills using the University of Western Ontario Microsurgical Acquisition/Assessment instrument.
Incidental Internal Mammary Nodes during Recipient Vessel Dissection in Breast Reconstruction: Are They Significant?
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
December 2014
Internal mammary (IM) lymph nodes may be exposed during recipient vessel preparation in free-flap breast reconstruction, and in rare cases, positivity of these nodes may affect treatment in patients with breast cancer. This systematic review examines the incidence and significance of IM nodes identified by plastic surgeons. Eligibility criteria included free-flap breast reconstruction with concurrent IM node biopsy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Facial fractures can be associated with brain and cervical spine injuries because impact forces are transmitted through the head and neck. Although major brain injury is commonly recognized in these patients, incidence of minor brain injury is not well-known, despite potential morbidity and mortality.
Objectives: This prospective study aimed to determine the incidence of both major and minor brain injuries in 100 patients presenting to a craniofacial surgery service with facial fractures and to identify characteristics associated with brain injury.
Mi-er1 is a fibroblast growth factor immediate-early gene whose expression is differentially regulated in breast tumours. MI-ER1 functions as a transcriptional repressor of a number of genes, including Sp1 target genes. The Xenopus and human orthologs have been described and here we report the characterization of the mouse gene and its products.
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