Burn-Related Violence Against Women in the United States: Findings From the ABA Burn Registry.

Violence against women is a global public health problem. Centers for Disease Control and Precention (CDC) data show 41% of US women have experienced intimate partner violence. Burn-related violence against women is an extremely confronting form of physical violence.

The burden of psychiatric disorders associated with orofacial cleft pathology among children in Ontario, Canada.

Background: Individuals with orofacial cleft (OFC) may be at a higher risk of developing psychiatric disorders (PD) than the general population. We determined the risk of psychiatric diagnoses in children with OFC in Canada.

Methods: This population-based retrospective cohort study used health administrative data from the province of Ontario, Canada.

Assessing the quality of reporting on quality improvement initiatives in plastic surgery: A systematic review.

Background: There has been a recent increase in the number and complexity of quality improvement studies in plastic surgery. To assist with the development of thorough quality improvement reporting practices, with the goal of improving the transferability of these initiatives, we conducted a systematic review of studies describing the implementation of quality improvement initiatives in plastic surgery. We used the SQUIRE 2.

FACE-Q Craniofacial Module: Part 1 validation of CLEFT-Q scales for use in children and young adults with facial conditions.

Background: The CLEFT-Q includes 12 independently functioning scales that measure appearance (face, nose, nostrils, teeth, lips, jaws), health-related quality of life (psychological, social, school, speech distress), and speech function, and an eating/drinking checklist. Previous qualitative research revealed that the CLEFT-Q has content validity in noncleft craniofacial conditions. This study aimed to examine the psychometric performance of the CLEFT-Q in an international sample of patients with a broad range of facial conditions.

Incidence, Risk Factors, and Mortality Associated With Orofacial Cleft Among Children in Ontario, Canada.

Importance: Orofacial cleft (OFC) is one of the most common congenital malformations, with a wide variation in incidence worldwide. However, population-based studies on the incidence of OFC in North America are lacking.

Objectives: To examine the incidence of OFC in Ontario, Canada, and to compare risk factors and mortality associated with children with OFC vs children without OFC.

Lymphatic Malformation Architecture: Implications for Treatment With OK-432.

Purpose: Herein, the authors aim to describe their findings of novel architectural types of lymphatic malformations (LM) and explain the relationship between these architectures and OK-432 treatment outcomes.

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of all patients diagnosed with a LM treated with OK-432 at the Vascular Anomalies Clinic at BC Children's Hospital from December 2002 to January 2012.

Results: Twenty-seven patients were included in the study.

Surviving "Payment by Results": a simple method of improving clinical coding in burn specialised services in the United Kingdom.

Introduction: Coding inpatient episodes plays an important role in determining the financial remuneration of a clinical service. Insufficient or incomplete data may have very significant consequences on its viability. We created a document that improves the coding process in our Burns Centre.

Patient satisfaction with two different methods of umbilicoplasty.

Background: Creating a youthful appearing umbilicus as part of an abdominoplasty enhances the overall result. Various different methods have been reported as producing equally good results.

Methods: Twenty-five patients undergoing abdominoplasty were divided into two groups: 12 patients had round umbilicoplasty and 13 had an inverted U flap inset.