Awareness of your weaknesses

💌 "Ozempic Face" is now a thing, ulnar nerve insights, & updated clinical cases.

Explore this week's P'Fella digest: Discover the 'Ozempic Face' phenomenon, unravel the mysteries of the ulnar nerve, and get a sneak peek into P'Fella's clinical scenario updates. Dive in for a blend of insights, quizzes, and AI revelations!

Audit - Definition, Examples & Questions

Audits are similar to pressure sores - not really that exciting, but an essential part of the Plastic Surgery curriculum. This section will focus on the commonly asked audit questions to help build your answer.

Ulnar Nerve Palsy - Clinical Scenario

Delve into ulnar nerve pathology to understand its anatomy, potential compression sites, and clinical manifestations. Learn to identify compression locations, make evidence-based decisions on investigations, and explore both nonsurgical and surgical treatment strategies

Coping with Pressure

Professionalism

Clinical Risk Management

Open Disclosure

Your Training

Teaching in Plastic Surgery

💌 Females are better surgeons, flashcards 2.0, new paper format, & ganglions

Explore this week's P'Fella digest: Discover why female surgeons are gaining the spotlight, unravel the mystery of ganglion cysts, and get a sneak peek into our game-changing flashcard system. Dive in for a blend of insights, quizzes, and AI revelations!

Technique for Aspirating Ganglions

Comparing wrist ganglia treatments: traditional surgery vs. triamcinolone injections in a study of 219 patients. Discover which method offers fewer side effects and lower recurrence.

Ganglion Cyst - Clinical Case

In this scenario, learners will diagnose and manage a ganglion cyst, determine its origin, understand its causes, select appropriate investigations, and make evidence-based treatment decisions.

VRAM Flap

The VRAM Flap is a Type III Mathes & Nahai myocutaneous flap. This article details its indications, anatomy, and surgical technique.

Smoking when operating, 9 events, Scaphoids & Landmark Papers

Get insights in the the impact of surgical smoke, deep dive on scaphoids, 9 upcoming events & P'Fella answers your questions.

How should we treat scaphoid fractures?

This study investigates surgical versus non-surgical treatments for scaphoid fractures, focusing on those with displacements of 2mm or less. The multicenter randomized trial shows no significant difference in pain and function beyond 12 weeks, but surgical fixation can increase complications.

Better surgeons operate more, new journal club & the CMC joint.

Get insights in the "numbers game" of surgical perfection, contentious debate on mallet fractures, discover AI-melanoma, and upcoming events.

How should we treat mallet fractures? (J Hand Surg 2023)

In this study, the authors show a high incidence of osteoarthritis and reduced mobility following non-surgical treatment of Mallet Finger Fractures, but with minimal impact on patient-reported outcomes.

💌 Copy-Paste Medical Crisis, BCC Insights & AI Advances

Explore the impact of copy-pasting in medical records, understand high-risk BCC, and discover upcoming AI-driven advancements in plastic surgery in this week's thePlasticsPaper edition

💌 "Open Access" fees are now removed, new podcast format, & P'Fella answers your questions.

Also this week: 3 important publications to read, AI generated images and much more. Get weekly updates on plastic surgery delivered straight to your inbox with thePlasticsPaper. This curated, evidence-based newsletter saves you time by bringing you the most important highlights this week.

🗞️ We're not ready for AI in plastic surgery, "Ask P'Fella", & intra-op errors coping mechanisms.

Also this week, The Sunday Quiz with updated leaderboard, new events, and 3 must read articles of the week.

How to cope with intra-operative errors (Journal Club)

Study highlights need for interventions/training to improve coping skills/support for surgeons & staff after intraoperative errors. Effective strategies: error disclosure, calmness, communication. Poor coping behaviors: anger, blame.

thePlasticsPaper - May 7th

Uncover 5 research-backed audio study tips, challenge yourself with our Sunday Quiz, and explore top webinars, courses, and conferences. Catch the first episode of "Prep with P'Fella," AI-generated melanoma images, and intriguing articles

Oral Propranolol for Infantile Hemangiomas (NEJM Journal Club)

In this study, the authors show that oral propranolol effectively treats infantile hemangiomas in 60% of participants compared to 4% with placebo in a randomized controlled trial.