Defining Preferred Esthetics of the Ideal Phallus via Crowdsource Survey.

Objective: To describe phalloplasty subunits and determine the preferred crowdsourced esthetics. Esthetic ideals are often used to guide reconstruction, and there has been an increase in the number of gender-affirming surgeries and reconstructive phalloplasties performed. However, there is a paucity of literature describing ideal phalloplasty esthetics.

Management of Dog Bite Injuries: Procedural Sedation, Infection, and Operative Indications at a Single-Institution Level I Pediatric Trauma Hospital.

Background: Dog bite injuries are common within the pediatric population. Currently, there are inconclusive data on best sedation practice, antibiotic regimen, and need for plastic surgery referrals for treatment of dog bite injuries in the emergency department (ED) versus operating room (OR). This study set out to determine sedation practice, infection management, and necessity for plastic surgery referral at a level I pediatric trauma center.

Pediatric Procedural Sedation in the Emergency Setting.

Background: Pediatric emergency department (ED) visits are common. Many are due to injury, which require procedural treatments with sedation. There are many well researched independent predictors of adverse events for pediatric procedural sedation.

Diazepam Premedication in Primary Augmentation Mammoplasty.

To evaluate the effects of preoperative oral diazepam on the postoperative course of patients undergoing primary augmentation mammoplasty in an outpatient surgical center. A retrospective review was conducted of 189 patients undergoing primary breast augmentation at an outpatient surgical center from 2012 to 2015. Patients receiving same-day premedication with oral diazepam were compared with a control group without premedication.

Tourniquet Use in Wide-Awake Carpal Tunnel Release.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common cause of upper extremity discomfort. Surgical release of the median nerve can be performed under general or local anesthetic, with or without a tourniquet. Wide-awake carpal tunnel release (CTR) (local anesthesia, no sedation) is gaining popularity.

Advances in addressing full-thickness skin defects: a review of dermal and epidermal substitutes.

full-thickness skin defects remain a reconstructive challenge. Novel regenerative modalities can aid in addressing these defects. A literature review of currently available dermal and epidermal regenerates was performed.

Assessing the Necessity of Stopping Antithrombotic Agents Before Wide-Awake Hand Surgery.

This review of 304 carpal tunnel release procedures examines the necessity of stopping antithrombotic medications prior to carpal tunnel release surgery.

Training techniques in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: a systematic review.

The learning curve to achieve competency in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) is poorly outlined. Online databases were searched for training in LDN. Abstracts and manuscripts were excluded if they did not address introduction of a laparoscopic technique for donor nephrectomy.