1. ✍️ Letter from P'Fella - Burnout. It's more than just a buzzword.
2. 🤓 Study on Sunday - Xanthelasma (surgery or laser??)
2. 🧐 Weekly Quiz Competition - Winners Announced!
4. 🎭 Upcoming Events - Updated webinars and conferences
5. 🐣 Tweets of the Week - teaching materials, inspiration.
6. 🚀 New features - a new section to thePlasticsPaper (you decide!)
7. 📝 Articles of the Week - 3 rapid reviews, 1 deep-dive.
A Letter from P'Fella
Burnout. It's more than just a "buzzword".
Doctors face mental health challenges just like everyone else.
And the stress of being a plastic surgeon can lead to burnout and feelings of isolation. In honour of Mental Health Awareness Month, here are a few essential facts on its definition and prevention.
- It's a medical disorder resulting from excessive and prolonged stress.
- It was first coined in the 1970s by psychologist Herbert Freudenberger. Shortly after, professor Christina Maslach became one of the foremost researchers on the phenomenon, helping shed light on its full impact and implications.
- The symptoms are relatively non-specific so it takes great personal insight to recognise them: exhaustion, irritability, inefficiency...
There have been many studies looking at the prevention of burnout. They all seem to point to simple tasks that appear somewhat common-sense (but in reality, they aren't).
- Delegate tasks 🤝
- Stick to a set schedule ⏰
- Give yourself time to unplug completely 🔌
- Switch up your routine 🌳
- Prioritise yourself and your support network 💪
Study on Sunday
Xanthelasma
Xanthelasma palpebrarum is a benign periorbital xanthoma. Treatment modalities should be considered based on efficacy and the cosmetic outcome.
Different treatment modalities, such as simple surgical excision, cryotherapy, chemical peeling with trichloroacetic acid, radiofrequency, and laser, are used to treat xanthelasma palpebrarum.
Weekly Quiz Competition
The Winners Announced!
When I first started this 10 round competition, I never thought it would result in a draw! Thank you to everyone who participates in this quiz (+150 people).
Congratulations to the 4 winners!
- Yassin, Plastic Surgery Resident/Trainee - Spain
- Chi, Plastic Surgery Resident/Trainee - UK
- George, Plastic Surgery Consultant - UK
- Johnny, Plastic Surgery Resident/Trainee - UK
You'll receive an email with your prize in the coming days!
The following season will be launching in a couple of weeks! :)
Upcoming Events
14 Webinars, Conferences, and Courses
- Thames Valley Hand Surgery Conference - 25th May
- Pulvertaft & Donald Summat - Language of the Hand - May 16th.
- BAAPS Masterclass in Aesthetic Practice - London, May 2022.
- RACS 90th Annual Scientific Conference - Brisbane, May 2022.
- Australian ASPS Congress - Goldcoast, June 2022
- Aesthetics In-Service Exam - Virtual, June 2022.
- ISAPS World Congress - Istanbul, July 2022
- ICCPCA Cleft Congress - Edinburgh, July 2022
- ASSH Annual Meeting - Boston, September 2022.
- BAAPS Annual Conference 2022 - London, September 2022.
- European Society of Craniofacial Surgery - Oxford, September 2022.
- BAPRAS Celtic Meeting - Dunblane, Scotland, September 2022
- Plastic Surgery, The Meeting - Boston, October 2022.
- AEC Limb Reconstruction - Virtual, October 2022
- BAPRAS 2022 Congress - November 2022.
Tweets of the Week
Interesting case. Piece of wood went under the flexor tendon, into the joint and out dorsally and spared the extensor tendon. Digital artery and nerve ok. A1 pulley torn. #orthotwitter pic.twitter.com/Cce8X5MTBU
— Sudeep Taksali, MD (@DrTaksali) May 14, 2022
Be the consultant you wish you had.
— Abdullah Al Qurashi (@QurashiAbdula) May 8, 2022
Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD👇
— Lindsey Fitzharris (@DrLindseyFitz) May 1, 2022
From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: Europe’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. pic.twitter.com/NeKpcZSXLP
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New Feature
A new addition to thePlasticsPaper
thePlasticsPaper is growing!
If you have an idea that you think will be an excellent fit for thePlasticsPaper, then submit it below! Always looking for more ideas to help grow this community. P'Fella will be in touch, and you can even help build it if you want! :)
Articles of the Week
Top-Picks
- Eyelid Defect Reconstruction, Somenek. Plast Aesthet Res 2022;9:16 DOI: 10.20517/2347-9264.2021.84.
- The evolution of lower extremity reconstruction. Evans BGA, Colen DL. Plast Aesthet Res 2022;9:34. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2347-9264.2021.134
- Gender Disparity Trends in Authorship of Hand Surgery Research, Raylin F. Xu, BA. Feb 2022, Journal Hand Surgery
Deep Dive
This week: The best way to perform a Sentinel Node Biopsy for Skin Cancer? (CME Review)
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