Evaluation of Safety and Efficacy for an Intranasal Airway Device in Nasal Surgery

This review of medical records and survey study evaluates the safety and efficacy of a silicone intranasal airway device for maintaining airway patency in patients after rhinoplasty and nasal surgery.

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January/February 2019 Issue Highlights

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JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery

Mission Statement: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery is a multispecialty journal whose key mission is to provide facial plastic surgeons the most accurate and innovative information available to enhance their patients' quality of life.

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Willingness to Pay for Increased Attractiveness Through Rhinoplasty

This cross-sectional study uses web-based survey data to evaluate casual observers' willingness to pay for increased attractiveness through rhinoplasty and to determine a monetary value for changes in attractiveness.

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Assessment of YouTube as an Informative Resource on Facial Plastic Surgery Procedures

This study investigates the video quality and creator qualification of YouTube videos about facial plastic surgery procedures.

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Evaluation of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Rhinoplasty

This systematic review and meta-analysis compares the pooled results of randomized clinical trials that examined the effect of antibiotic preventive therapy on postoperative complications in patients undergoing rhinoplasty.

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Facial Reanimation Procedures Performed With Total Parotidectomy and Facial Nerve Sacrifice

This cross-sectional database analysis assesses the incidence and types of facial nerve reanimation performed concurrently with total parotidectomy and facial nerve sacrifice among patients identified in the American College of Surgeons–National Surgical Quality Improvement Project database.

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Improving Rhinoplasty With Evidence

Sir William Osler once stated that "The practice of medicine is an art, based on science. Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability." While Osler's comment was made in 1893, over a century later it remains true that much variability exists in health care and that this variation in care is thought to contribute to significant waste. To some extent, this variability persists due to a perceived lack of high-quality evidence on which to base treatment decisions. This may be particularly relevant in surgery, where randomized clinical trials (RCTs), considered to provide the highest level of evidence, are difficult to perform.

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Facial Animation Surgery for Long-standing Facial Palsy: Opportunities for Shared Decision Making

This Viewpoint discusses the shared patient-physician decision-making process and suggests a 6-step approach for implementing the practice before surgical treatment of long-standing facial palsy in adults and children.

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Development of a Cleft Lip Repair Surgical Simulator Using Computer-Aided Design and 3-D Printing

This study proposes and evaluates a physical cleft lip repair simulator for trainee education.

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Eyebrow Position After Paramedian Forehead Flap Nasal Reconstruction

This study compared preoperative and postoperative photographs of patients who underwent nasal reconstruction with paramedian forehead flaps to analyze differences in eyebrow position.

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Association of Vaping and Smoking With Decreased Flap Viability in Rats

This study investigates whether exposure to electronic cigarette vapor is less likely than exposure to cigarette smoke to lower the viability of random pattern flaps in laboratory rats.

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Nuances of the Tongue-in-Groove Technique for Controlling Tip Projection and Rotation

This Surgical Pearl presents the tongue-in-groove technique in rhinoplasty surgery for controlling tip projection and rotation.

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Association of Smoking Tobacco With Complications in Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery

This population database study uses 2005-2014 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data to assess the risks associated with smoking among patients undergoing free flap reconstruction surgery of the head and neck.

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Percutaneous Radiofrequency Lower Face and Neck Tightening Technique

This Surgical Pearl presents the technique for use of 2 types of percutaneous radiofrequency devices to deliver electrothermal energy into the hypodermal skin layers of the face and neck.

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Is e-Cigarette Vaping a New Clinical Challenge to Wound Healing?

Traditional cigarette smoking has been implicated by indisputable physiologic and clinical evidence to have substantial wound healing problems in surgical procedures. Physiologically, nicotine and the thousands of chemicals (ie, tar) in cigarette smoke induce not only peripheral vasoconstriction but also oxidative stress that weakens neutrophil function and subsequently wound healing through a variety of mechanisms. But what about electronic or e-cigarettes, otherwise known as vaping?

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Opioid Prescription Patterns After Rhinoplasty

This data analysis examines electronic medical records and a state prescription registry to investigate the prescription patterns for opioids in patients who have undergone rhinoplasty to manage pain in the 3 weeks after surgery.

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Cervical Angle in the Submental Muscular Medialization and Suspension Procedure

This cohort study compares the change in position of the cervical point between groups undergoing the submental muscular medialization and suspension procedure vs those undergoing the traditional rhytidectomy technique.

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The Modified Bullhorn Approach for the Lip-lift

This Surgical Pearl describes the lip-lift procedure and details of the modified bullhorn approach.

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Association of Skin and Cartilage Variables With Composite Graft Healing in a Rabbit Model

This animal model study investigates the ideal ratio of skin to cartilage and studies the importance of the perichondrial attachment for graft survival.

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