Efficacy of preoperative autologous blood donation in free TRAM flap breast reconstruction.

Background: The authors critically evaluated the use of autologous blood donation in patients who had surgical breast reconstruction using the free transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (fTRAM) flap technique following mastectomy.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of 201 patients was performed. Patients were operated on at one community hospital and one university hospital.

Nonsynostotic occipital plagiocephaly: factors impacting onset, treatment, and outcomes.

Background: Nonsynostotic occipital plagiocephaly remains a diagnosis of concern in infancy. This study evaluates factors affecting the onset, treatment, and outcomes of nonsynostotic occipital plagiocephaly.

Methods: A retrospective chart review and telephone survey were performed.

Transfusion-free pediatric burn surgery: techniques and strategies.

More than 1.3 million children sustain burns each year, resulting in 40,000 admissions and more than 3000 pediatric deaths. Pediatric burn surgery has been described as excessively bloody.