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Background: Patient satisfaction is crucial for evaluating healthcare services, including plastic surgery. This systematic review aims to analyze questionnaires assessing patient satisfaction in plastic surgery, identifying their strengths and weaknesses to improve outcomes and enhance the quality of care.

Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted using electronic databases.

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Background: Breast augmentation using silicone implants is common, with over 300,000 annual US surgeries. It was initially approved in 1962, there were safety concerns with the use of silicone implants, leading to a 1992-2006 FDA moratorium. Recently, Breast Implant Illness (BII) was described as a cluster of symptoms associated with silicone implants, with a lack of diagnostic criteria, which increased the likelihood of implant removal and a variety of treatment options.

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  • * Data showed that while mortality rates for prostate, bladder, and kidney cancers declined overall, testicular cancer remained stable, with notable disparities across different racial and gender groups.
  • * The study emphasizes significant variations in cancer mortality trends, urging the need for targeted health interventions to address these disparities.
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Cleft palate repair is a common reconstructive procedure that can involve significant blood loss. Tranexamic acid (TXA) has been proposed to minimise blood loss during various surgical procedures, but its effectiveness in cleft palate repair remains unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the effectiveness of TXA to reduce postoperative blood loss.

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Background: As artificial intelligence makes rapid inroads across various fields, its value in medical education is becoming increasingly evident. This study evaluates the performance of the GPT-4.0 large language model in responding to plastic surgery board examination questions and explores its potential as a learning tool.

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