Social Media Popularity and Academic Productivity in Academic Plastic Surgery: A Positive Correlation.

Background: Social media is a powerful tool that has empowered plastic surgeons to easily collaborate with one another and rapidly publicize research progression. The present study investigates the relationship between academic productivity and social media presence among both integrated and independent plastic surgery programs and their faculty.

Methods: Plastic surgery programs on the American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons website were included.

Preparing for a Crowded Cosmetic Market: A Resident Training Model for Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Treatments.

Patient demand for nonsurgical and minimally invasive cosmetic treatments has increased in recent years, resulting in a growing market that is particularly vulnerable to specialty creep. Despite this growing demand, nonsurgical cosmetic training for plastic surgery residents is often inconsistent and challenging. To ensure the continued safe and effective delivery of nonsurgical cosmetic care by board-certified plastic surgeons, it is critical to implement standardized training models for plastic surgery residents.

Current Trends in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction: A Survey of American Society of Plastic Surgeons Members.

Unlabelled: Prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction has recently gained increasing popularity, but there are limited data regarding national trends in the use of this technique. Our aim was to determine practice patterns related to prepectoral breast reconstruction among plastic surgeons, as well as to identify perceived advantages and disadvantages of this technique.

Methods: A 16-question electronic survey tool was distributed to 2535 members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Operative Management of Abdominal Wound Dehiscence: Outcomes and Factors Influencing Time to Healing in Patients Undergoing Surgical Debridement With Primary Closure.

Introduction: Plastic surgeons are often consulted by other surgical teams for management of wound dehiscence following abdominopelvic surgery.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine whether operative debridement and primary closure of abdominopelvic wounds are safe and expeditious for patients.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on a database of patients who underwent operative debridement and closure at a single institution between January 2011 and December 2015 for dehisced abdominal or pelvic wounds acquired from prior obstetric, gynecologic, transplant, plastic, or general surgery procedures.

Macronutrient choice of BTBR.NZW mice congenic for a 21-gene region of chromosome 17.

There has been scant work to investigate the mechanisms influencing macronutrient selection by mice. Here, we measured the consumption and choice of carbohydrate- and fat-containing diets by NZW/LacJ (NZW) and BTBR/T+ tf/J (BTBR) strains. We found that NZW mice voluntarily ate more carbohydrate and less fat than did BTBR mice.