> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theplasticsfella.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # thePlasticsPaper - January 30th - URL: https://www.theplasticsfella.com/january-30th/ - Published: 2022-01-30T12:48:29.000Z - Updated: 2022-01-30T12:56:05.000Z - Description: Curated evidence-based Plastic Surgery, direct to your inbox. It's hard to keep up-to-date. thePlasticsPaper sends you 1 email per week - just the highlights! - Author: PlasticsFella - Tags: thePlasticsPaper **In this Week's Edition** 1\. ✍️ [Letter from P'Fella](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/january-30th/#a-letter-from-pfella) \- make knowledge cheaper 2\. 📝 [Articles of the Week](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/january-30th/#articles-of-the-week) \- don't stitch nerves?? 3\. 🧐 [Weekly Quiz Competition](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/january-30th/#weekly-quiz-competition) \- leaderboard 4\. 🔠 [Wordle for Plastics Surgeons](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/january-30th/#wordle-for-plastic-surgeons) \- new! 4\. 🎭 [Upcoming Events](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/january-30th/#upcoming-events) \- +15 soon events 5\. 🐣 [Tweets of the Week](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/january-30th/#tweets-of-the-week) \- memes, images, ideas. 6\. 🚀 [New features](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/january-30th/#new-feature) \- thePlasticsClub (invite only) 7\. 🏋🏽‍♂️ [Work with P'Fella](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/january-30th/#work-with-pfella) \- social media --- ## ✍️ ## A Letter from P'Fella ### Make education more accessible 📖 Guess what is **not** okay? The cost of "interview prep". There is enough emotional stress during this period. The last thing a future plastic surgeon need is financial stress. So that's why P'Fella thought he'll get involved - to create a not-for-profit definitive companion to the plastic surgery interview, called [thePlasticsInterview.](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/interview/) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a0/9f/a09fd7b4-d396-4b28-aed3-b87e20483292/content/images/2022/01/Your-digital-companion.png)](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/interview/) [Check it out](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/interview/) ### Here's why [thePlasticsInterview](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/interview/) was created: #### 1\. We need a level playing field Everyone should have equal access to resources to help them succeed. £800 courses can only be afforded by a select few. Surely a contributing factor to the lack of diversity in plastic surgery? #### 2\. What does a face-to-face course ACTUALLY achieve? Fine, some courses are good. in the short term. experience & insights are usually forgotten within the first week Courses are like reading the blurb of a novel. you have context, but you wouldn't go to a book club 24/7 access is key ✅ #### 3\. Courses prey on your FOMO Interview decides your career, right?! you've paid £££ to resolve your FOMO. All plastic surgery courses are similar (trust me, I've looked at them all) a FOMO increase = a price increase. --- ## 📝 ## Articles of the Week ### 2 articles you should know **📔 What makes an excellent plastic surgery trainee??** *P Hackenberger et al* [*PRS Global Open*](https://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2022/01000/Demonstrating%5FExcellence%5Fin%5FPlastic%5FSurgery.36.aspx?utm%5Fsource=dlvr.it&utm%5Fmedium=twitter)*: January 2022* **Aim:** Identify the important features in excellent trainees **Methods**: a survey of 90 plastic surgeons and trainees. **Results**: "Excellent" trainees have prepared for operations, good bedside manner & personality, leadership, technical expertise. **Conclusion**: "excellence" is reflective of life and work experience. **📔 Glue or suture peripheral nerves in hand surgery??** *Sallam et al, [Journal of Hand Surgery](https://www.jhandsurg.org/article/S0363-5023%2821%2900198-2/fulltext?ref=theplasticsfella.com#%20), May 2021\.* **Aim**: is glue non-inferior to traditional suturing? **Methods**: RCT assessing motor and sensory recovery, operative time. **Results**: 85 patients with similar outcomes but glue had shorter operation. **Conclusion**: glue is great! **P'Fella's Comment:** it's rare for there to be an isolated nerve injury. These patients were splinted for 3 weeks post-operatively. Tendon or muscle belly damage is a confounder in this study that should be accounted for. --- ## 🤓 ## Weekly Quiz Competition ### ‌Fellow plastics geeks, here is this week's question. The leaderboard is hotting up. **150+ of your peers on it**. Every so often, the leader will be getting a pretty sweet prize. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a0/9f/a09fd7b4-d396-4b28-aed3-b87e20483292/content/images/2022/01/thePlasticsPaper-Logo-31-1-1-1.png) [See this week's question](https://quiz.theplasticsfella.com/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) --- ## 🔠 ## Wordle for Plastic Surgeons ### Created specifically for Plastics! p.s - share your results on Twitter and [@plasticsfella.](http://twitter.com/plasticsfella?ref=theplasticsfella.com) The winner gets some pretty cool merch. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a0/9f/a09fd7b4-d396-4b28-aed3-b87e20483292/content/images/2022/01/Weekly-quiz.png) [Click here to play](https://mywordle.me/?word=jsiyp&ref=theplasticsfella.com) --- ## 🎭 ## Upcoming Events ### 18 Webinars, Conferences, and Courses 1. [Edinburgh Hand Course](http://www.bapras.org.uk/professionals/training-and-education/courses-meetings-and-events/the-edinburgh-hand-course?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Edinburgh, Feb 2022 2. [BSSH Arthritis Workshop](https://mailchi.mp/bssh/bssh-spring-2021-abstract-submissions-open-10172149?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Manchester, Feb 2022. 3. [AWR Conference](http://www.bapras.org.uk/professionals/training-and-education/bapras-events/awr-europe-february-2022?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- London, Feb 2022\. 4. [MWSPS Annual Meeting](https://www.mwsps.org/events/mwsps-annual-meeting?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- UT, USA Feb 2022 5. [ASPS In-Service Exam](https://www.plasticsurgery.org/for-medical-professionals/education/events/in-service-exam-for-surgeons?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Virtual, March 2022. 6. [ASPS Spring Meeting](https://www.plasticsurgery.org/for-medical-professionals/education/events/spring-meeting?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Virtual, March 2022. 7. [AAPS Centennial Meeting](https://meeting.aaps1921.org/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- San Diego, April 2022. 8. [BAAPS Masterclass in Aesthetic Practice ](https://baaps.org.uk/about/events/1475/masterclass%5Fin%5Faesthetic%5Fpractice%5Fmanagement%5Fby%5Fbaaps%5Fsupport?ref=theplasticsfella.com)\- London, May 2022\. 9. [RACS 90th Annual Scientific Conference](https://plasticsurgery.org.au/event/racs-90th-annual-scientific-congress-2022/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Brisbane, May 2022. 10. [British Burns Association Annual Meeting](http://www.bapras.org.uk/professionals/training-and-education/courses-meetings-and-events/british-burn-association---annual-meeting-2022?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Bristol, May 2022\. 11. [Australian ASPS Congress - Goldcoast, June 2022](https://plasticsurgery.org.au/event/plastic-surgery-congress/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) 12. [Aesthetics In-Service Exam](https://www.plasticsurgery.org/for-medical-professionals/education/events/life-long-learning-exercise?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Virtual, June 2022. 13. [ISAPS World Congress](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiHkYPAlpP1AhUBiFwKHTR8B1gQFnoECAIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.isapsistanbul2022.com%2F&usg=AOvVaw1KHPezm4hISqyTxqmknhFY) \- Istanbul, July 2022 14. [ICCPCA Cleft Congress](https://cleft2022.com/iccpca-webinar/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Edinburgh, July 2022 15. [ASSH Annual Meeting](https://www.assh.org/annualmeeting/s/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Boston, September 2022. 16. [BAAPS Annual Conference 2022](https://baaps.org.uk/about/events/1477/baaps%5Fannual%5Fconference%5F2022?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- London, September 2022\. 17. [Plastic Surgery, The Meeting](https://www.plasticsurgerythemeeting.com/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Boston, October 2022. 18. [AEC Limb Reconstruction](http://www.bapras.org.uk/professionals/training-and-education/bapras-events/aec-5-1-limb-reconstruction?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Virtual, October 2022 --- 🐣 ## Tweets of the Week ### Here are 4 tweets you might have missed! **zoom issues...** > Type I Zoom error: you think people can hear you, but you’re actually on mute. > Type II Zoom error: you think your muted, but actually people can hear you. > > — Cynthia Peacock (@CynPeacock) [January 28, 2022](https://twitter.com/CynPeacock/status/1487204599538888713?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theplasticsfella.com) **an amazing illustration** > Distal brachial artery perforator flap used to rebuild a finger post traumatic ring avulsion. ie some bone, skin, and fat w/blood supply & drainage, taken from the elbow to rebuild a finger, that was lost when a ring snagged & pulled it off. Surgeons are amazing. [#plasticsurgery](https://twitter.com/hashtag/plasticsurgery?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theplasticsfella.com) [pic.twitter.com/Vrue7kRXgt](https://t.co/Vrue7kRXgt?ref=theplasticsfella.com) > > — Ciléin Kearns (@artibiotics) [January 27, 2022](https://twitter.com/artibiotics/status/1486801050275225605?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theplasticsfella.com) **some intra-op pics** > ⚠️Sd. Túnel Carpiano Severo⚠️ > ▪️La forma (morfología) en reloj de arena ⏳ de un nervio ➡️ Indica una compresión severa mantenida (crónica) del mismo [pic.twitter.com/ur3uRGuPg0](https://t.co/ur3uRGuPg0?ref=theplasticsfella.com) > > — Dr. Sergi Barrera Ochoa (@DrBarreraochoa) [January 25, 2022](https://twitter.com/DrBarreraochoa/status/1485997916833648646?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theplasticsfella.com) **a solid meme** > [#MedTwitter](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MedTwitter?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theplasticsfella.com) [#surgery](https://twitter.com/hashtag/surgery?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theplasticsfella.com) [#surgtwitter](https://twitter.com/hashtag/surgtwitter?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theplasticsfella.com) [pic.twitter.com/pikmp4CMxz](https://t.co/pikmp4CMxz?ref=theplasticsfella.com) > > — Eli EK MD (@thesurgerylife) [January 23, 2022](https://twitter.com/thesurgerylife/status/1485072363532296195?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theplasticsfella.com) --- ## 🚀 ## New Feature ### thePlasticsClub - an invite-only community. 🤭 If you want to get access, just reply "YES" to this email. It's a **new** feature, still young but eager to grow! For the next couple of months, the focus will be on **[interview](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/interview/)** preparation. Over time, this will expand to other areas of plastic surgery training. Forums and communities are a great place to **learn** and **engage** with your peers. So don't be shy! Here is what it looks like. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a0/9f/a09fd7b4-d396-4b28-aed3-b87e20483292/content/images/2022/01/Untitled-design-31.png) Reply "YES" to this email if you want access :) --- ## 🏋🏽‍♂️ ## Work with P'Fella ### P'Fella needs you! ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a0/9f/a09fd7b4-d396-4b28-aed3-b87e20483292/content/images/2022/01/Untitled-design-33-3.png) thePlasticsFella is growing faster than P'Fella can do a horizontal mattress suture. Let's create something great together. Over the coming weeks, 1 job opportunity will become available each week to help support the [mission](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/about/). [This Week's Job](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/jobs/) ---