Cheek Augmentation in Gender-Affirming Facial Surgery.

The cheek area is an important area in facial beauty. High cheekbones and full malar area is considered a desired feminine feature and therefore an essential component of gender-affirming facial surgery. The most common treatment options are injectable fillers, autologous fat grafting, and alloplastic cheek implants.

Quality of recovery and safety of deep intravenous sedation compared to general anesthesia in facial plastic surgery: A prospective cohort study.

Background: Facial plastic surgical procedures are performed under either general anesthesia (GA) or sedation. GA is often associated with post-operative nausea and longer recovery, while deep sedation is thought to greatly facilitate perioperative patient comfort and expedite recovery. The objective of this study was to compare these two anesthetic techniques in a relatively healthy patient population undergoing facial plastic surgery and to discuss optimizing patient safety with a deep sedation technique.

Safety of modified coronal approach with dissection deep to temporalis fascia for facial nerve preservation.

Objective: To evaluate the safety of a modified coronal approach to the upper craniofacial skeleton with dissection deep to the temporalis fascia for enhanced preservation of the frontal branch of the facial nerve.

Study Design: Case series with chart review.

Setting: Tertiary academic medical center.

Correlating pre-operative vitamin D status with post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia.

Objective: To examine the relationship between pre-operative vitamin D status and post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia.

Methods: Retrospective study examining 264 total and completion thyroidectomies conducted between 2007 and 2011. Subjects included had a recorded 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) level within 21 days prior to or 1 day following surgery, did not have a primary parathyroid gland disorder, and were not taking 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (calcitriol) prior to surgery.

Preoperative incidence of olfactory dysfunction in nasal surgery patients.

Objective: Learn the incidence of olfactory dysfunction in preoperative patients prior to nasal surgery and compare with a control group of patients who are not going to have such surgery. Assess the usefulness of the coffee/tea differentiation test in assessing preoperative dysosmia.

Study Design: Prospective controlled cohort study.

Prediction of hypocalcemia after using 1- to 6-hour postoperative parathyroid hormone and calcium levels: an analysis of pooled individual patient data from 3 observational studies.

Background: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels up to 6 hours postthyroidectomy have been shown to have excellent predictive power in determining hypocalcemia. In this study, we investigate the usefulness of combining calcium and PTH to increase the predictive power.

Methods: Individual patient data were obtained from 3 studies (152 patients) that fulfilled our criteria (using PTH assay within hours postthyroidectomy to predict symptomatic hypocalcemia).