Facial Plastic Surgery Journals: Understanding Their Relevance and Getting Published.

This article seeks to inform facial plastic surgeons about the evolving issues that affect contemporary medical literature and the publishing landscape. We hope to shed light on the key metrics that influence a journal's decision to accept a particular submission and how these metrics are predicated on a rapidly changing landscape within the academic and public community. The key metrics are: citations, number of views, and social media or public attention.

Correction of Nasal Pinching.

The pinched nasal tip deformity often results as sequelae of prior nasal surgery. Conventional tip surgery techniques that overemphasize tip narrowing often deform the lateral crura and weaken support for the alar margin. The pinched nasal tip is characterized by the demarcation between the nasal tip and the alar lobule, isolating the tip from the surrounding nasal subunits.

Orientation of the premaxilla in the origin of septal deviation.

Introduction: While most people believe the nasal septum to have intrinsic deviation and overgrowth in patients seeking rhinoplasty, an alternative concept is that a mal-oriented premaxilla causes extrinsic septal buckling and external extrusion of the septal cartilage. In this sense, the premaxillary bone plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of septal deviation. This study was performed to determine if non-traumatically acquired septal/nasal functional and aesthetic pathology or septal deviation may be related to the orientation of the premaxilla relative to the skullbase.

Endotoxin-induced changes in phospholipid dynamics of the stomach.

Background: The gastric mucosa is protected in part by a hydrophobic layer of phosphatidylcholine (PC) that overlies the mucus gel on the stomach. Endotoxin treatment (i.e.