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.

Reduction of post-surgical scarring with the use of ablative fractional CO lasers: A pilot study using a porcine model.

Background And Objective: Wound healing inevitably leads to scarring, which leads to functional and cosmetic defects. It is the goal of this study to investigate the immediate use of ablative fractional CO lasers to reduce post-operative scarring secondary to surgical wounds.

Study Design/materials And Methods: In this prospective controlled study, 20 surgical incisions were created on each of three pigs.

Brachioplasty outcomes: a review of a multipractice cohort.

Background: Upper arm deformities secondary to massive weight loss or senile elastosis have led to an increased demand for aesthetic contouring procedures such as brachioplasty.

Methods: The records of all patients who underwent a brachioplasty procedure from a multipractice medical center were reviewed. Outcomes measured included patient demographics, operative interventions, and postoperative course.

Outcomes of traditional cosmetic abdominoplasty in a community setting: a retrospective analysis of 1008 patients.

Background: Abdominoplasty is one of the most commonly performed cosmetic operative procedures. Few large studies have examined outcomes of cosmetic abdominoplasty in a community setting. The authors explored postoperative outcome and the preoperative and intraoperative factors that may contribute to these complications.

Cosmetic rhinoplasty: revision rates revisited.

Background: Cosmetic rhinoplasty has great potential to change a patient's appearance. It also carries the very real risk of patient dissatisfaction and request for revision. Although there have been many published patient series studying various aspects of rhinoplasty, questions remain regarding revision rates, as well as risk factors for complications, dissatisfaction, and revision.