Surgery

While numerous patients require psychiatric interventions before and immediately after surgery, a new report addresses a different psychological process that can occur months or even years later: major quality-of-life (QOL) perception changes related to dramatic weight loss.

In a new paper, Kyle J. Chepla, MD, and Arun K. Gosain, MD, evaluated the management of orofacial cleft in the wake of the 2010 Maintenance of Certification in Plastic Surgery article on the subject.

In 10 randomized controlled studies, patients who chewed gum after elective colorectal surgery had shorter lengths of hospital stay and were less likely to experience complications.

A group of researchers has assessed the health and economic costs and benefits of minimally invasive procedures for the management of varicose veins.

Revisit the articles from each medical specialty that attracted the most eyeballs in 2013.

In an attempt to close the knowledge gap on anal abscess and fistula, 2 surgeons have published a comprehensive review on those topics.

To better inform potential rhinoplasty recipients, I've compiled a list of common activities patients have asked about resuming and detailed how long a patient should wait before entering into them.

To analyze the risk factors for colectomy and post-operative mortality among Clostridium difficile colitis (CDC) patients, a group of surgeons retrospectively reviewed CDC trends between 2001 and 2010.

Rates of healthcare use vary greatly from one part of the United States to another, according to a new report for the Dartmouth Atlas Project.

Despite the best techniques and execution during a breast augmentation surgery, changes can occur within the breast or implant that can lead a patient to consider a breast revision surgery.

Here are 3 vital tools plastic surgeons use to set patients' procedure outcome expectations.

After identifying a research gap in work status before and after joint replacement, researchers from the Netherlands looked for data describing work status and time to return to work among patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

A comprehensive review of reanimation surgery describes interventions to restore facial movement in each part of the face.

The use of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery has become so widespread that some surgeons are concerned those in training have insufficient exposure to the open procedures it has replaced.

Although boosted self-esteem and increased confidence are added benefits to fixing an embarrassing physical flaw, they can also lead both the patient and surgeon down a slippery slope.

Two studies raise questions about identity change from deep brain stimulation (DBS) that many clinicians have not considered.

To help you inform your potential plastic surgery patients on all there is to know about a rhinoplasty procedure before they agree to it, here are the best answers to a few of their most commonly asked questions.

Patients who have experienced hemorrhage and sepsis seem to gain the most benefit from damage control procedures if the surgeon uses careful patient selection.

A diagnosis of obesity-related hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (OrHH) does not reduce the efficacy of bariatric surgery in men.

Study concludes that patients refusing blood products should not be denied non-cardiac surgical treatment.

New-onset diabetes mellitus incidence is lower in living donor liver transplant (LDLT) recipients than in deceased donor liver transplant (DDLT) recipients.

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found that women and men who underwent gastric bypass surgery underreported their post-operative weight by an average of 1 kg or less.

During the limited period in which the cosmetic surgeon consults with a body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) patient before rhinoplasty, several factors must be assessed and discussed.

Despite their similar names, the traditional butt lift surgery and the new Brazilian butt lift both address different body aesthetic concerns.

Though silicone breast implants only received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006 after a 14-year hiatus, new data is still surfacing and being analyzed.

Allowing teens and young adults to boost their confidence through cosmetic enhancements is an amazing gift, but cosmetic surgery is not child's play.

Contrary to the belief that it's only a problem for patients who are overweight, cellulite is an extremely common finding. Unfortunately, it has no simple solution.

Long term survival after cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and atrioventricular junction ablation is similar to that observed in patients in sinus rhythm, but death rate is elevated for atrial fibrillation patients treated with rate-slowing drugs.

Robert T. Grant, MD, MSc, FACS, debunks the top 5 myths he has faced on liposuction, as well as the facts every patient should know before undergoing the procedure.

Though fewer than 10% of surgeons include information about the possibility of postoperative adhesion in their counseling, a systematic review shows patients who develop adhesions experience several complications.