Challenges to Professional Success for Women Plastic Surgeons: An International Survey.

Background: Female plastic surgeons face specific challenges in their careers that impact lifestyle and professional choices.

Objective: The authors sought to delineate these specific issues further through means of an anonymous survey and to suggest areas for improvement.

Methods: In August 2017, a link to an online email questionnaire via SurveyMonkey.

Autologous Fat Grafting with Percutaneous Fasciotomy and Reduction of the Nipple-Areolar Complex for the Correction of Tuberous Breast Deformity in Teenagers.

Background: Tuberous breast deformity in the adolescent can be a source of anxiety and social isolation. Current techniques of implant placement and flap reconstruction are not always feasible in this population.

Objectives: The authors evaluated the use of autologous fat grafting with percutaneous fasciotomy and reduction in the nipple-areolar complex for correction of tuberous breast deformity in teenagers.

Mastopexy Autoaugmentation by Using Vertical and Triangular Flaps of Mammary Parenchyma Through a Vertical Ice Cream Cone-Shaped Approach.

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The influence of career stage, practice type and location, and physician's sex on surgical practices among board-certified plastic surgeons performing breast augmentation.

Background: Breast augmentation is the most commonly performed cosmetic surgical procedure in the United States, but surgeon preferences in terms of technique and postoperative care regimen vary widely.

Objectives: The authors investigated the influence of career stage, practice type and location, and physician's sex on surgical technique preferences among board-certified plastic surgeons performing breast augmentation.

Methods: In October 2009, an online survey was e-mailed to all active members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons practicing within the United States.