Perioperative Safety of Combined Augmentation-Mastopexy: An Evaluation of National Database.

Introduction: The safety of combined augmentation-mastopexy is controversial. This study evaluates a national database to analyze the perioperative safety of combined augmentation-mastopexy to either augmentation or mastopexy alone.

Methods: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was queried to identify patients undergoing augmentation mammaplasty and mastopexy from 2005 to 2018.

Unplanned reoperations after microsurgical breast reconstruction: Findings from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.

Background: While microsurgical breast reconstruction may require multiple planned operations, unplanned reoperations has not been studied. We sought to investigate unplanned reoperations after microsurgical breast reconstruction.

Methods: We queried the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program between 2005 and 2018.

Risk Factors for 30-Day Mortality After Head and Neck Microsurgical Reconstruction for Cancer: NSQIP Analysis.

Objective: To identify the incidence and risk factors for 30-day postoperative mortality after microsurgical head and neck reconstruction following oncological resection.

Study Design: Retrospective case-control study.

Setting: American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database.

Modified Frailty Index (mFI) predicts 30-day complications after microsurgical breast reconstruction.

Frailty lacks a universal definition. The modified Frailty Index (mFI) using patient comorbidities can be used to measure frailty. We hypothesized that mFI predicts 30-day complications after microsurgical breast reconstruction.

Iron deficiency anemia in males: a dosing dilemma?

: Iron deficiency anemia is a major problem worldwide treated by replenishment of iron stores. The treatment is complicated by differing pharmacodynamics of administrative routes, equations with design effects, ongoing losses, additional daily requirement, plateauing of markers required for iron absorption, food-drug interactions, gender, and age. Accounting for these factors in one dosing regimen becomes difficult, specifically in males.

Safety of neonatal sternal wound reconstruction after open heart surgery.

An open sternal wound is a dreaded complication after open heart surgery for neonatal congenital cardiac anomalies. Vascularised muscle flap reconstruction of sternal wound defects, to prevent life-threatening mediastinal infections, is the standard of care in adults and children. However, there is paucity of published literature regarding the safety of this technique in neonates.

Pollicization of Long Finger After Traumatic Amputation of Thumb and Index Finger.

We present a 51-year-old male who sustained a traumatic amputation with a saw of the right thumb, index finger, and carpal bones back to the radius. The amputated digits were mangled and not suitable for replantation. We performed pollicization of the long finger which helped restore a more functional hand.

Morbidity Associated With Structural Graft Use in Paramedian Forehead Flap.

Introduction: Paramedian forehead flap for nasal reconstruction may involve the use of a structural graft. The authors hypothesized that the use of structural grafts with paramedian forehead flap is associated with an increased risk of 30-day complications.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of the American College of Surgeon (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).

The Preferred Treatment of Sternoclavicular Joint Infections: A Systematic Review.

The treatment of sternoclavicular joint infection is a topic of controversy. This systematic review aims to evaluate the preferred treatment of sternoclavicular joint infections. A literature search using PubMed/MEDLINE®/Embase databases was conducted to identify publications on the surgical management of sternoclavicular joint infections.