OUTCOMES The flaps were inset without tension on each side, and the donor sites were closed primarily. All flaps fully survived and there were no postoperative complications. The patient was satisfied with the final outcome after 6 months of follow-up. LESSONS Successful reconstruction of bilateral inferomedial gluteal defects was achieved after…[Read more]

Sense of preparedness was most strongly and significantly associated with the duration of exposure residents had to long-term care. Conclusion The aging population requires physicians who are interested in care of the elderly and who are adequately prepared through comprehensive training to care for the complex medical and social issues that…[Read more]

OBJECTIVES This study used coarsened exact matching to assess the ability of the LACE+ index to predict adverse outcomes after plastic surgery. STUDY DESIGN Two-year retrospective study (2016-2018). METHODS LACE+ scores were retrospectively calculated for all patients undergoing plastic surgery at a multicenter health system (N = 5744). Coarsened…[Read more]

The S3 guideline “Actinic keratosis and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin” was published on 30 June 2019. Subsequently, publications, reviews and meta-analyses appeared with new questions regarding the comparability of study data and heterogeneity of the evaluations, which are caused, among other things, by divergent measurement parameters as…[Read more]