INTRODUCTION: Effective leaders are critically important to the success and stability of a surgical division. The selection of an appropriate candidate, therefore, involves multiple variables. Previous studies have investigated institutional factors that contribute to a successful candidate. The purpose of this study is to evaluate educational and research trends in academic plastic surgery ver...

BACKGROUND Many international volunteer groups provide free reconstructive plastic surgery for the poor and underserved in developing countries. An essential issue in providing this care is that it meets consistent guidelines for both quality and safety-a topic that has been addressed previously. An equally important consideration is how to provide that care in an ethical manner. No literature ...

INTRODUCTION: During the 2015–2016 academic year, plastic surgery residents accounted for nearly 4.2% of surgical residents and 0.8% of residents overall. While the number of residency programs and allotted residency positions in plastic surgery have been steadily increasing in recent years, little information exists regarding residents who are accepted for plastic surgery residency but never m...

INTRODUCTION The WHO Safer Surgery checklist has become an important component of perioperative safety. Our objective, was to determine the compliance of completing the checklist for paediatric emergency plastic surgery patients at our unit. METHODS An initial baseline was performed with 70 patients over two months at our unit. Following this, we raised awareness at an audit meeting and close...

How to cite this article: Gupta A, Gupta S, Kumar A, Jha MK, Bhattacharaya S, Tiwari VK. Novel use of preputial flap. Indian J Plast Surg 2017;50:112-4. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credite...

Context: Periodontal plastic surgery can help people improve their lives by addressing aesthetic parameters of their smile. Much of what comprises a beautiful and appealing smile is influenced by emotion and personality; however, many structural elements of a smile can be improved through surgical intervention. Evidence Acquisition: The end result often lends significant support to people who w...

currently, cosmetic surgery is spread around the world. several factors are involved in this rapidly evolving field such as socio-economic development, changes in cultural norms, globalization and the effects of western culture, advertising, media, and mental disorders. nowadays the cosmetic surgery is becoming a profitable business, which deals exclusively with human appearance and less from t...

INTRODUCTION Relative value units (RVUs) were developed as a quantifier of requisite training, knowledge, and technical expertise for performing various procedures. In select procedures, increasing RVUs have been shown to substitute well for increasing surgical complexity and have been linked to greater risk of complications. The relationship of RVU to outcomes has yet to be examined in the pla...