Avoid a local flap by using a mesh expansion technique for calvarial scalp defects

Khouri KS, Cardoso E, Khouri RK. Percutaneous Mesh Expansion: A Regenerative

Wound Closure Alternative. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Feb;141(2):451-457.

A 20-Year Experience with 202 Segmental Mandibulectomy Defects: A Defect Classification System, Algorithm for Flap Selection, and Surgical Outcomes. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Apr;141(4):571e-581e.

Cordeiro PG, Henderson PW, Matros E.

This paper looks at the use of the Transverse cervical artery in complex or difficult head and neck reconstructions.

Tessler O, Gilardino MS, Bartow MJ, St Hilaire H, Womac D, Dionisopoulos T,

Lessard L. Transverse Cervical Artery: Consistent Anatomical Landmarks and

Clinical Experience with Its Use as a Recipient Artery in Complex Head and Neck

Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Mar;139(3):745e-751e

Do prophylactic antibiotics after immediate implant-based breast reconstruction reduce the rate of complications?

Ranganathan K, Sears ED, Zhong L, Chung TT, Chung KC, Kozlow JH, Momoh AO,Waljee JF. Antibiotic Prophylaxis after Immediate Breast Reconstruction: The Reality of Its Efficacy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Apr;141(4):865-877

This paper suggests that the medial row perforators have a higher risk of fat necrosis in bilateral DIEP reconstructions.

Kamali P, Lee M, Becherer BE, Wu W, Curiel D, Tran BNN, Tobias AM, Lin SJ, Lee

BT. Medial Row Perforators Are Associated with Higher Rates of Fat Necrosis in

Bilateral DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017

Pellicer E, Siebold BS, Birgfeld CB, Gallagher ER. Evaluating Trends in

Headache and Revision Surgery following Cranial Vault Remodeling for

Craniosynostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Mar;141(3):725-734

Sobti N, Ji E, Brown RL, Cetrulo CL Jr, Colwell AS, Winograd JM, Austen WG Jr,

Liao EC. Evaluation of Acellular Dermal Matrix Efficacy in Prosthesis-Based

Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Mar;141(3):541-549

Hu L, Zou Y, Chang SJ, Qiu Y, Chen H, Gang M, Jin Y, Lin X. Effects of

Botulinum Toxin on Improving Facial Surgical Scars: A Prospective, Split-Scar,

Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018

Mar;141(3):646-650

Taylor DA, Merten SL, Sandercoe GD, Gahankari D, Ingram SB, Moncrieff NJ, Ho

K, Sellars GD, Magnusson MR. Abdominoplasty Improves Low Back Pain and Urinary Incontinence. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Mar;141(3):637-645

Toyoda Y, Fu RH, Li L, Otterburn DM, Rohde CH. Smoking as an Independent Risk

Factor for Postoperative Complications in Plastic Surgical Procedures: A

Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of 36,454 Patients from the NSQIP Database from 2005 to 2014. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Jan;141(1):226-236