In this episode of the PRS Global Open Keynotes Podcast, Efstathios Karamanos MD, Howard Wang MD and Douglas Cromack MD discuss the tool they developed to predict the risk of future amputation to better counsel patients about their reconstructive options. This episode discusses the following PRS Global Open article: “Development and Validation of a Scoring System To Predict Future Amputation in Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Free Flap Reconstruction” by Efstathios Karamanos, Hassan Ahmad, Ahmed A Makhani, Ameesh N Dev, Noah Sadd, Husain AlQattan, Bao - Quynh Julian, Howard Wang, and Douglas Cromack.

Read it for free on PRSGlobalOpen.com:

http://bit.ly/ScoringSystemValidation

Dr. Cromack is a board-certified plastic surgeon and specialist in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Department of Surgery and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at UT Health San Antonio in Texas. Dr. Wang is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Professor and Program Director of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UT Health San Antonio in Texas. Dr. Karamanos is chief resident of plastic surgery at UT Health San Antonio in Texas. Your host, Dr. Damian Marucci, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia. #PRSGlobalOpen #KeynotesPodcast #PlasticSurgery