Ace The Plastic Surgery Exam

Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) represents a powerful technique to decrease morbidity when treating nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSC), a highly ...

Antiseptics are chemical agents applied to the skin to reduce the microbial count and reduce the risk of surgical site infections (SSIs). SSIs are ...

Fractures of the naso-orbital-ethmoid (NOE) complex involve the bones that form the NOE confluence, which includes the anterior cranial f ...

Carbon dioxide (CO2) lasers have been in use since the 1960s. CO2 lasers were initially used primarily for cutting and destruction of tissue, using ...

The Allen test (AT) is used to assess collateral blood flow within the hands, specifically testing for the presence of a complete palmar arch.

Medical ethics is a required element of American physicians' formal training. Familiarity with ethical principles on a basic level is necessar ...

Skin grafting is the transfer of cutaneous tissue from one portion of the body to another, often used to cover large wounds. The rationale of skin ...

Blepharoplasty is a surgical technique for correcting defects, deformities, and disfigurations of the eyelids; and for aesthetically modifying the ...

Telogen effluvium is a form of nonscarring alopecia characterized by diffuse, often acute hair shedding.

An interpolated flap is a two-stage technique in which the base of the flap is not directly adjacent to the recipient defect. These flaps are used ...

Liposuction, formally known as suction-assisted lipectomy, represents one of the most commonly performed aesthetic surgical procedures worldwide. P ...

Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) is characterized by the clinical triad of micrognathia (mandibular hypoplasia), glossoptosis (downward displacement of ...

Lidocaine, formerly also referred to as lignocaine, is an amide local anesthetic agent. First synthesized between 1943 and 1946 by Nils Lö ...

Nasal bony fractures are the most common type of facial bone fractures representing 40% to 50% of cases.

Microtia is a congenital hypoplastic malformation of the pinna that ranges in severity from a fully-formed auricle with slightly smaller subunits t ...

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare autosomal recessive genodermatosis that results due to mutations in nucleotide excision repair. The condition ...

Cleft lip deformity is one of the most common congenital deformities, and management requires an interprofessional approach to address the physical ...

Temporal mandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation, or mandibular dislocation, can present as bilateral or unilateral displacement of the mandibular condy ...