April 2022 Journal Club: Tissue Expander Outcomes; Antibiotics & Breast Cancer Surgery; ACGME Milestone Implementation; Who's Auditioning Who?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - PRS Journal Club

In this episode of the Award-winning PRS Journal Club Podcast, 2022 Resident Ambassadors to the PRS Editorial Board – Saïd Azoury, Emily Long, and Ronnie Shammas- and special guest Vu T. Nguyen, MD, discuss the following articles from the April 2022 issue:

“Prepectoral and Subpectoral Tissue Expander– Based Breast Reconstruction: A Propensity- Matched Analysis of 90-Day Clinical and Health-Related Quality-of-Life Outcomes” by Nelson, Shamsunder, Vorstenbosch, et al.

“Does the Duration of Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Influence the Incidence of Postoperative Surgical-Site Infections in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction in Women with Breast Cancer?

A Retrospective Study” by Rothe, Münster, Hapfelmeier, et al.

“The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestones in Integrated Plastic Surgery Programs: How Competency-Based Assessment Has Been Implemented” by Kearney, Rokni, and Gosain.

“Who’s Auditioning Who? Applicant-Reported Elements of the Best and Worst Plastic Surgery Subinternships” by Wickenheisser, Langdell, Brown, and Phillips.

Special guest Vu T. Nguyen, MD is an Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and Program Director of the Pittsburgh Plastic Surgery Residency. Dr. Nguyen completed his residency training at the University of Pittsburgh followed by Microsurgery Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.

from the department of plastic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh

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