Plastic Surgery or Facial Plastic Surgery: Can the Public Tell the Difference?

Background: Social media and online advertising are increasingly used by plastic surgeons (PSs) to educate patients and obtain referrals, but it remains unclear whether the general public can distinguish the difference in training and accreditation among medical professionals advertising online. Our study elucidates the public's expectations regarding the distinction between plastic surgery and facial plastic surgery.

Methods: A survey was distributed via MTurk, an Amazon surveying service, to collect information about demographics and assumptions that would be made solely based on the terminology "facial PS" (FPS) and "PS.

Free Tissue Transfer to the Knee for a Complex Wound Coverage When Good Recipient Vessels Are Not Available.

Free tissue transfer to the knee can be difficult due to limited options for reliable recipient vessels and vein grafts or arteriovenous loops may also be associated with an increased risk of flap failure. In this study, the authors describe our experience with creating proper recipient vessels for free flap reconstructions around the knee using the descending branch (DB) of the lateral circumflex femoral vessels (LCFV) or anterior tibial vessels (ATV). Three patients underwent free flap reconstruction of knee wounds secondary to trauma, prosthesis infection, and radiation therapy.

Bilateral Orbital Plasmacytomas With Orbital Compartment Syndrome.

Orbital plasmacytomas are uncommon soft-tissue plasma cell neoplasms that are associated with a monoclonal or myeloma protein. There are four types of plasma cell neoplasms: multiple myeloma (MM), monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), amyloidosis, and plasmacytoma. Plasmacytomas may be classified as medullary, occurring only within the bone, or extramedullary, occurring in soft tissues.

Chronic Pilonidal Cyst with Malignant Transformation: A Case Report and Literature Review.

A 63-year-old male with a 20-year history of a chronic, recurrent sacrococcygeal pilonidal cyst was referred to our outpatient clinic. He had received multiple surgical resections in the past with benign pathology. He presented with a verrucous wart-like midline mass on the superior gluteal cleft that had grown since his last resection.