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Analysis of #PlasticSurgery in Europe: An Opportunity for Education and Leadership.

Plast Reconstr Surg

February 2020

From the Department for Plastic, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Trauma Center Frankfurt am Main, Academic Hospital of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University; the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Service of Hand, Upper Limb, and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Georges-Pompidou European Hospital, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris; the Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit, Lisbon Central Hospital; the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Unit, University Hospital Getafe; and the Department for Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, Medical Center of the Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main.

Background: Prior studies demonstrate that social media are used by plastic surgeons to educate and engage. The hashtag #PlasticSurgery has been studied previously and is embraced by American plastic surgeons and journals; however, no studies have examined its use or adoption across Europe.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of 800 tweets containing the words "plastic surgery" or the hashtag #PlasticSurgery in four of the most spoken European languages worldwide excluding English (Spanish, #CirugiaPlastica; French, #ChirurgiePlastique; Portuguese, #CirurgiaPlastica; and German, #PlastischeChirurgie) was performed.

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Resorbable collagen membrane in surgical repair of fistula following palatoplasty in nonsyndromic cleft palate.

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg

May 2010

Department for Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, Medical Center of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany.

Treatment of palato-nasal fistula following primary palatoplasty in patients with nonsyndromic cleft palate is often complicated by recurrence. The authors have tested the feasibility of a surgical technique adding a resorbable collagen membrane at the bony edge of the fistula and report the outcome in the first 14 patients in an open, non-comparative, preliminary investigation. The procedure was well tolerated by all patients, with no relapses during follow up ranging from 4 to 12 months.

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