Publications by authors named "Whitney Saia"
Background: Physician attire has been shown to impact patients' perceptions of their provider with regards to professionalism, competency, and trustworthiness in various surgical subspecialties, except in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Objectives: The authors sought to address this knowledge gap and obtain objective information regarding patients' preferences.
Methods: A survey was distributed to adult, English-speaking participants in the United States using the Amazon MTurk platform from February 2020 to December 2020.
Background: Masculinizing top surgery (bilateral mastectomy with chest wall reconstruction) is an important gender-affirming procedure sought by many transmasculine and nonbinary individuals. Current literature is focused primarily on details of surgical technique and complication rates, with limited data available on how top surgery affects subjective quality-of-life measures.
Methods: An anonymous online survey was distributed to 81 of the senior author's former top-surgery patients.
Introduction: Despite increasing popularity of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in treating aging facial skin, the quality of evidence supporting its use is poor due to the lack of consistent methods of its preparation and application.
Objective: This study was conducted to assess treatment efficacy and patient satisfaction with a single PRP treatment prepared with a simplified preparation and application technique.
Methods: Four millilitre of PRP were injected into 6 standardized points on each side of the face.
Background: A primary goal in chest wall reconstruction ("top surgery") for trans men is achieving a symmetric, aesthetically pleasing position of the reconstructed male nipple-areola complex.
Methods: The senior author's (A.H.