The Feasibility and Efficacy of Video Education with Individual Review in Early Surgical Education.

Purpose: Use of video-based education (VBE) to teach surgical skills has increased rapidly and been shown to accelerate students' and residents' time to satisfactory skill acquisition while also improving trainees' satisfaction. However, its implementation is limited by logistical factors such as: video quality, view obstruction, and excessive motion. We aim to study the feasibility of using VBE to teach medical students basic suturing skills.

Virtual Modeling in Gender-Affirming Facial Masculinization Surgery.

The increase in access to facial gender-affirming surgery has resulted in an increase in facial feminization procedures for transfeminine and gender nonbinary populations. However, refined execution of facial masculinization is challenged by the lack of defined measurements for facial augmentation, the lack of long-term predictability in autologous bone grafting in augmentation procedures, and the lack of precision in traditional facial augmentation procedures with generic alloplastic implants. The authors describe an innovation in facial masculinization surgery using modern reconstructive craniofacial surgical techniques with preoperative virtual modeling and the fabrication of 3-dimensionally printed, patient-specific custom implants.

Effect of Duration of Feminizing Hormone Therapy on Facial Fat Volumes.

Background: Gender-affirming feminizing hormone therapy induces body fat redistribution. However, the amount and timing of facial fat changes in response to feminizing hormone therapy are unknown, despite being relevant to counseling and surgical planning for facial gender-affirming surgery. The authors assessed the influence of feminizing hormone therapy duration on malar and temporal fat volume.

Influencing factors and repair advancements in rodent models of peripheral nerve regeneration.

Peripheral nerve injuries lead to severe functional impairments, with rodent models essential for studying regeneration. This review examines key factors affecting outcomes. Age-related declines, like reduced nerve fiber density and impaired axonal transport of vesicles, hinder recovery.

The Type I+ Forehead in Facial Feminization Surgery.

Background: Feminizing fronto-orbital reconstruction involves one of four possibilities with the Ousterhout Type III anterior table frontal sinus osteotomy and setback performed in most patients while the Type I reduction recontouring is reserved for patients without frontal sinuses or thick anterior tables. However, patients with frontal sinuses and either a moderately thick anterior table or a shallow frontal sinus in the sagittal plane represent an intermediate morphology. For such morphologies, we introduce the novel Type I+ fronto-orbital reconstruction technique, consisting of frontal bone recontouring supplemented with anterior table reconstruction and split cranial bone graft.