thePlasticsPaper - April 24th

A Letter from P'Fella

Growing the team!

👋  P'Fella is looking for a few friends.

It's nearly my 3rd birthday. I'm getting old. This platform all started as a simple website for myself so I could access some quick notes when at work. It's grown much bigger than ever could have imagined. That's all thanks to you and your support :)  

Up until now, it's been pretty much a solo effort. Writing, editing, illustrating, Twittering... the list goes on. There has been an odd bit of help here and there. But nothing consistent. Nothing long term.

In the next 6 months, thePlasticsFella platform is going to expand quite a lot. There will be an updated platform, more educational tools and a stronger presence on Instagram, youtube and TikTok. If you have any particular interest in plastic surgery education or website development/coding then it'll be great to have you on board.

Any skill set is welcome to help thePlasticsFella achieve its mission.

p.s - you can also just quickly leave some feedback at the bottom :)

Study on Sunday

Craniosynostosis

Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of one or more cranial sutures. It can be an isolated abnormality or part of a syndrome. Here is the timeline of normal suture fusion:

• Posterior Fontanelle: 3-6 months
• Metopic: 6-8 months
• Anterior Fontanelle: 9-12 months.
• Sagittal: 22 years (most commonly involved)
• Coronal: 24 years
• Lambdoidal: 26 years
• Squamosal: approximately 60 years

Weekly Quiz Competition

Round 8

Upcoming Events

18 Webinars, Conferences, and Courses

1. PLASTA - FRCS Lower Limb Trauma - Virtual, April 27th
2. BSSH Median and Ulnar Nerve - Virtual, April 30th.
3. IFSSH Combined Conference - London, April 2022.
4. AAPS Centennial Meeting - San Diego, April 2022.
5. BAPRAS AEC Trunk Reconstruction - April 2022.
6. BAAPS Masterclass in Aesthetic Practice - London, May 2022.
7. RACS 90th Annual Scientific Conference - Brisbane, May 2022.
8. British Burns Association Annual Meeting - Bristol, May 2022.
9. Australian ASPS Congress - Goldcoast, June 2022
10. Aesthetics In-Service Exam - Virtual, June 2022.
11. ISAPS World Congress - Istanbul, July 2022
12. ICCPCA Cleft Congress - Edinburgh, July 2022
13. ASSH Annual Meeting - Boston, September 2022.
14. BAAPS Annual Conference 2022 - London, September 2022.
15. European Society of Craniofacial Surgery - Oxford, September 2022.
16. BAPRAS Celtic Meeting - Dunblane, Scotland September 2022
17. Plastic Surgery, The Meeting - Boston, October 2022.
18. AEC Limb Reconstruction - Virtual, October 2022

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Articles of the Week

Important Reads

1. An Alternative to Scalp Flaps? Utility of Dermal Wound Matrices Compared with Local-Tissue Rearrangement and Free Flap Reconstruction for Oncologic Scalp Wounds: A Multidisciplinary Dual Matched-Pair Analysis, Othman et al. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: February 2022
2. Tips for Dupuytren's Disease: Treatment Options for Dupuytren’s Disease: Tips and Tricks, Denkler et al. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open: January 2022
3. An algorithm for lower limb reconstruction: Soft tissue reconstruction of the lower extremity in the pediatric population. Gimenez et al. Plast Aesthet Res 2022;9:28.
   

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