Before You Submit, 3 Tips for Dog Bite Management, & Irrigation Technique
Also: Meet the pilot On-Call Team, evidence on dog bite primary closure, & 3 reads on bite injuries.
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Surgical Dogma, 5 Evidence-Based Shifts, & WALANT Technique
Also: Microsurgery dogma discussion, evidence on pressure sore recon, & moist vs dry wound healing.
The Pay-to-Publish Funnel, 3 Lipofilling Tips, & Submental Lipo
Also: Grassroots pilot event in Malaysia, evidence on Coleman fat grafting, & strategic lipofilling.
Local Flaps of the Hand, 5 Flap Decisions, & Our First Grassroots Event
Also: A chance to request new platform features, FDMA flap guide, & fingertip replantation.
Breast Reduction Principles, 3 Pedicle Decisions, & Building a Team
Also: Wise pattern design, pedicle vs pattern, & 3 recommended breast reduction reads.
Facial BCC Management, 3 Reconstruction Tips, & Excision Strategy
Also: Evidence on post BCC nasal recon and 3 recommended reads on facial BCC.
Can You Trust AI in Surgery? 3 Rhinoplasty Decisions, & Osteotomy Strategy
Also: Nasal tip design, open rhinoplasty guide, & 3 recommended articles.
Building a Plastics Community, 5 Flaps for Lower Limb Trauma, & ALT Reconstruction
Also: Muscle vs fasciocutaneous free flaps, Adipofascial flap coverage for tibia, & antibiotics in open fractures.
A New Monthly Edition (for Specialists), 5 LVA Tips, & Supermicro
Also: Evidence on supermicrosurgery for lymphedema, LVA technique demonstration, & 3 recommended reads on supermicrosurgery.
The Community Has Spoken, 5 Metacarpal Decisions, & Thumb Fixation
Also: Metacarpal rotation deformities, a visual guide to metacarpal fracture fixation, & 3 recommended hand fractures articles.
Burns Training Gap, 2 Burn Care Tips, & STSG Basics
Also: Hand escharotomy, procedural pain management, & 3 recommended reads on dermal substitution.
A Curriculum That Travels, 3 Axillary Decisions, & Thoracodorsal Nerve Transfer
Also: ICBN preservation, evidence on axillary dissection, & 3 recommended reads on cutaneous SCC.
Predictable by Design, 3 SCIP Decisions, & Cadaver Proof
Also: SCIA anatomy, venous planning, & perforasomes.
Technique Without Context, 4 PIA Flap Principles, & Quiz Winner Announced!
Also: Evidence on the PIA flap, the original PIA flap study, & dorsal hand coverage technique.
Local Grassroots Education, 5 Melanoma Decisions, & Staged Excision Guide
Also: Final round of the Sunday quiz, evidence on adjuvant therapy after melanoma excision, & 3 recommended melanoma articles.
Medicine vs the Knife, 5 Compartment Syndrome Lessons, & Last Call for Foundations
Also: Hand compartment anatomy, the Sunday quiz, & 3 compartment syndrome reads of the week.
The Information Age Paradox, 3 Pedicle-Saving Moves, & Mathes-Nahai in Action
Also: Medial gastrocnemius flap guide, the Sunday quiz, & 3 recommended muscle flap reads.
Join the Foundations Review Team, 5 Chemical Burn Lessons, & Burn Wound Debridement
Also: Foundations available to purchase, the Sunday quiz, & 3 recommended chemical burn reads.
Foundations Returns, 3 HA Filler Safety Rules, & the Cost of Surgical Work
Also: Botox precision guide, injectable anatomy, & the Sunday quiz
Your 2025 Wrapped: How You & 349,000 Others Used thePlasticsFella
The Plastics Wrapped 2025 explores how surgeons actually learn, task-first vs topic-first use, global patterns, and what builds real clinical confidence.
Upcoming Year-End Review, 3 Melanoma Decisions, & ALND Guide
Also: Recommended reads on lymph node management, the Sunday quiz, & ALND evidence.
2 Types of Trainees, Facial Nerve Anatomy, Reanimation Tips
Also: Facial nerve palsy quiz, evidence on reanimation, & 3 recommended reads.
The Time Index, 3 Keys in Melanoma Care, & Evidence on SLNB
Also: ABCDEs of melanoma detection, Glabellar flap, & the Sunday quiz.
Skill School Manifesto, 3 Oncoplastic Lessons, & Foundations Referral System
Also: Fresh quiz round, Wise-pattern pearls, upcoming breast surgery events.
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4 Best Resources for Plastic Surgery Residency Interviews.
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