Ischemic Pain
This article discusses the pathophysiology, presentation, cause, and treatment of ischemic pain in the surgical patient. Causes of ischemic pain vary but all fundamentally cause local acidosis in the peripheral…
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathways in Breast Reconstruction
The Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol is a multidisciplinary, multimodal, and evidence-based approach to perioperative management. The ERAS pathway has been applied to numerous major surgical procedures throughout various…
Pediatric Pain Management in Plastic Surgery
Adequate pediatric pain management is difficult to achieve for a variety of reasons. Pain assessment is more difficult in the pediatric population. There are a variety of different tools that…
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is characterized by generalized pain, specific sites of musculoskeletal tenderness, fatigue, sleep disturbance, headaches, and many other visceral and cognitive maladies. The epidemiology is not well-elucidated and the diagnoses…
Pain Management in Plastic Surgery
Poorly controlled postoperative pain is associated with worse clinical outcomes and negative patient experiences. Surgeons play a crucial role in optimizing postoperative pain and minimizing narcotic use. This article reviews…
The Opioid Epidemic
Increases in opioid prescribing over the last several decades is correlated with an alarming increase in opioid-related morbidity and mortality owing to both prescription opioid misuse and abuse as well…
High-Definition Excisional Body Contouring
The abdominoplasty procedure poses a number of unique challenges. If the stigmata of the operation is to be avoided, careful planning and surgical execution are required. We describe our experience…
Noninvasive Abdominoplasty
Noninvasive and minimally invasive treatments are increasingly supplanting, or complimenting, abdominoplasty. For optimal delivery of patient care and to maintain a dominant share of the body-contouring market, plastic surgeons need…
Abdominal Etching
Abdominal etching techniques are used to improve the aesthetics of the abdominal region, providing patients an athletic physique, using liposuction and fat redistribution. Based on the anatomy of fat layers,…
