Photoacoustic imaging for cutaneous melanoma assessment: a comprehensive review.

Significance: Cutaneous melanoma (CM) has a high morbidity and mortality rate, but it can be cured if the primary lesion is detected and treated at an early stage. Imaging techniques such as photoacoustic (PA) imaging (PAI) have been studied and implemented to aid in the detection and diagnosis of CM.

Aim: Provide an overview of different PAI systems and applications for the study of CM, including the determination of tumor depth/thickness, cancer-related angiogenesis, metastases to lymph nodes, circulating tumor cells (CTCs), virtual histology, and studies using exogenous contrast agents.

Subglossopalatal Membrane With Associated Cleft Palate, Cardiovascular, and Neurologic Anomalies.

Subglossopalatal membrane (or subglossopalatal synechia) is a rare clinical entity that can lead to respiratory distress and feeding difficulty due to oral obstruction. Here, the authors present a case of subglossopalatal membrane with associated cleft palate and cardiovascular and neurologic anomalies that was treated with surgical excision and lip-tongue adhesion. Etiology of these membranes is believed to be intrauterine fetal insult.

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Improved Nipple Survival in Large Volume Reduction Mammaplasty.

Background: Large volume breast reductions are at increased risk of nipple ischemia and necrosis due to tenuous blood supply of long pedicles. We adapted incisional negative pressure wound therapy to augment nipple survival in such patients undergoing mammaplasty by inferior pedicle technique.

Methods: Patients with nipple-to-inframammary fold distance >14 cm were informed of increased risk of requiring free nipple graft.

A Survey of Current Preferences of Plastic Surgeons Regarding the Assessment and Reduction of Preoperative Patient Anxiety.

Background: Preoperative anxiety is a common phenomenon in plastic surgery that has been associated with numerous negative patient outcomes. Little is known about the preferences of plastic surgeons regarding management of patient preoperative anxiety OBJECTIVE: To determine the preferences of plastic surgeons regarding the assessment and reduction of adult preoperative patient anxiety in their primary practice setting.

Methods: The membership of the American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons (ACAPS) was surveyed using an anonymous, online questionnaire from April to June of 2020.

Factors Important in the Selection of a Rhinology/Skull Base Surgery Fellow: A National Survey of Fellowship Directors.

Background: The numbers of Rhinology/Skull Base Surgery fellowship programs and applicants have been increasing in recent years. However, little information is currently available with regards to the most important aspects of the application process.

Objective: The goal of this study was to determine the factors that Rhinology/Skull Base Surgery fellowship directors consider most important when selecting a fellow.

Fellow selection protocols in sleep surgery: a national survey of sleep surgery program directors.

Purpose: To determine the factors that sleep medicine/surgery fellowship program directors look for in applicants.

Methods: Program directors from 9 sleep medicine/surgery fellowship programs in the USA were sent an anonymous online survey. They were asked to select the five most important academic factors (of a list of 17) when evaluating potential fellowship candidates, then rank those five in order of importance.