Aims: This cross-sectional study aimed to assess resilience, professional quality of life and coping mechanisms in UK doctors. It also aimed to assess the impact of demographic variables, such as sex, grade and specialty on these factors.
Methods: During October and November 2018, medical doctors in the UK were eligible to complete an online survey made up of validated psychological instruments.
Introduction: Resilience can be difficult to conceptualise and little is known about resilience in medical doctors.
Aims: This systematic review discusses the existing literature on influences on resilience levels of medical doctors.
Methods: The bibliographic databases PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsycINFO were searched from 2008 to November 2018 using keyword search terms resilience* AND ("medical physician*" OR doctor* OR surgeon* OR medical trainee* or clinician*).
Muscle sparing and perforator flaps techniques for breast reconstruction have focused in reducing the donor site morbidity. Theoretically this may result in a less robust blood supply to the flap. The purpose of this study was to assess flap ischemic complications with the pedicle, free, and the different muscle sparing transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAMs) flaps for breast reconstruction and determine the factors associated with these complications.
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