Plastic Surgery
From the Journals
Is Minimal Access Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy a Safer Option?
Researchers performed a retrospective study of 1,583 patients with breast cancer who underwent conventional nipple-sparing mastectomy or minimal...
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Plastic Surgeon to Pay $5 Million for Restriction of Negative Reviews, Directing Fake Reviews
Surgeon’s actions, including having staff post positive fake reviews, violated federal consumer fairness law, says ruling.
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Suicide in Surgeons: The Heavy Toll of a High-Stakes Career
Medical professionals are at increased suicide risk, with 6.3% of surgeons considering suicide, compared to 4.9% for the average US adult.
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Balancing Patient Satisfaction With Saying No
How to deal with patient requests and still address some of their concerns.
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How a medical recoding may limit cancer patients’ options for breast reconstruction
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to reexamine how doctors are paid for a type of breast reconstruction known as DIEP flap....
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Shaved costs, high risk, maximum profits: Regulators worry about Florida’s butt lift boom
In hindsight, Nikki Ruston said, she should have recognized the red flags.
Opinion
Preoperative preparation for gender-affirming vaginoplasty surgery
Gender-affirming genital surgery is not only a complex surgical procedure but also requires extensive preoperative education and postoperative...
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Surgeon’s license suspension spotlights hazards, ethics of live-streaming surgeries
The doctor was accused of engaging in dialogue to respond to viewers’ online questions while a surgical procedure remained actively ongoing, among...
Opinion
Hormonal management of gender-diverse patients: SOC8 updates
The approach to gender-affirming hormonal treatment depends on the patient’s goals and the age at which the patient is seeking to medically...
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Gender-affirming mastectomy boosts image and quality of life in gender-diverse youth
This dysphoria can have a range of negative physical and emotional consequences, such as avoidance of exercise and sports, harmful chest-binding...
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Sexual function in transfeminine patients following gender-affirming vaginoplasty
It cannot be emphasized enough that the best predictor of unsatisfactory sexual function after genital gender-affirming surgery is poor sexual...