The relationship between stress and obesity remains elusive. In response to stress, some
people lose weight, whereas others gain. Here we report that stress exaggerates diet-induced …

Infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are the most common tumors of childhood. Unlike other tumors,
they have the unique ability to involute after proliferation, often leading primary care …

The term venous thromboembolism refers to a spectrum of disease that includes deep
venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Both deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary …

Importance Rhinoplasty continues to rank among the most popular cosmetic surgical
treatments. Measuring what the nose looks like has typically involved the use of observer-reported …

Background: Management of postoperative pain often requires multimodal approaches.
Suboptimal dosages of current therapies can leave patients experiencing periods of insufficient …

BACKGROUND: Patients with cleft lip and/or palate can undergo numerous procedures to
improve appearance, speech, dentition and hearing. We developed a cleft-specific patient-…

Juvenile gigantomastia is a benign disorder of the breast in which one or both of the breasts
undergo a massive increase in size during adolescence. The authors present a series of …

: Hydroxyapatite cements have recently been employed as bone substitutes in craniofacial
reconstruction. They are easily applied, nonresorbable, available in unlimited quantity, and …

Importance Patient-reported outcomes data are needed to determine the efficacy of cosmetic
procedures. Objective To describe the development and psychometric evaluation of 8 …

Liposuction is considered to be one of the most frequently performed plastic surgery
procedures in the United States, yet despite the popularity of liposuction, there is relatively little …