> ## 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 23rd - URL: https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper-january-23rd/ - Published: 2022-01-23T11:50:10.000Z - Updated: 2022-01-23T11:52:28.000Z - 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/theplasticspaper-january-23rd/#a-letter-from-pfella) \- the cost of interviews. 2\. 📝 [Article of the Week ](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/theplasticspaper-january-23rd/#articles-of-the-week)\- 2 new publications. 3\. 🧐 [Weekly Quiz Competition](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/theplasticspaper-january-23rd/#weekly-quiz-competition) \- 100+ leaderboard 4\. 🎭 [Upcoming Events](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/theplasticspaper-january-23rd/#upcoming-events) \- 13 webinars, conferences 5\. 🐣 [Tweet of the Week](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/theplasticspaper-january-23rd/#tweets-of-the-week) \- memes, images, journals. 6\. 🚀 [New Features](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/theplasticspaper/theplasticspaper-january-23rd/#testing-new-features) \- interview answer templates ## ✍️ ## A Letter from P'Fella ### The cost of Plastic Surgery Interviews 🤢 Perhaps, one of the most daunting periods in a plastic surgeon's training program is **the interview.** The interview with the potential to essentially decide the rest of your career. These emotions are compounded by the **cost of the interview season**. Everyone is well aware of the submission costs, travel costs, outfit costs. But what really annoys P'Fella is the cost of **"interview prep courses"**. They can range from $200 to $800+. In return, you get a 2-day course centered on past questions and techniques. Whilst some may be useful in the short-term (you forget everything you learned after a few days), the majority are unfortunately preying on the trainees' fear and anxiety. To help **reduce these costs, P'Fella has developed a not-for-profit interview companion.** It's a complete package of past questions, model answers, answer templates, and of course, live practice with mock interviews. If you have an **upcoming interview,** you should check it out below. [Show me thePlasticsInterview ](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/interview/) --- ## 📝 ## Articles of the Week **💉 Collagenase vs Needle Fasciotomy** *Five-Year Results of a Randomized, Controlled Trial of Collagenase Treatment Compared With Needle Fasciotomy for Dupuytren Contracture* Martin Byström MD et al, [Journal of Hand Surgery](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0363502321007619?ref=theplasticsfella.com), Jan 2022\. • **Design**: Prospective, randomized, controlled trial • **Patients**: >20° contracture in 1 MCPJ. • **Outcome**: contracture, recurrence, presence of cords, and PROMs • **Results**: 156 patients followed up over 5 years • **Conclusion**: no differences in ROM, contracture, or PROM **🪡 A better way to tie your suture knot** To Tie or Not to Knot: Half Instrument Tie Outdoes Traditional Knot Akiki, Ronald K. M.D et al, [PRS Journal](https://journals.lww.com/plasreconsurg/Fulltext/2022/01000/To%5FTie%5For%5FNot%5Fto%5FKnot%5F%5FHow%5Fthe%5FHalf%5FInstrument%5FTie.75.aspx?WT.mc%5Fid=HPxADx20100319xMP&ref=theplasticsfella.com), Jan 2022\. The half instrument tie has many advantages to the surgeon’s knot. 1\. Biomechanical advantage: by avoiding an additional same-direction throw and thus consequently a decrease in knot advancement. 2\. Efficiency: it is relatively simple and fast, and exploits the tension created using a pinching maneuver. 3\. Tension: means by which to hold the tension between the first and second throws, and thus solves the problem of potential unraveling when performing single-throw square knots. Here is a [video](https://journals.lww.com/plasreconsurg/Fulltext/2022/01000/To%5FTie%5For%5FNot%5Fto%5FKnot%5F%5FHow%5Fthe%5FHalf%5FInstrument%5FTie.75.aspx?WT.mc%5Fid=HPxADx20100319xMP&ref=theplasticsfella.com) on the technique --- ## 🤓 ## Weekly Quiz Competition ### ‌Fellow plastics geeks, here is this week's question. The leaderboard is hotting up. **125+ 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.png) [Take this week's quiz](https://quiz.theplasticsfella.com/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) --- ## 🎭 ## Upcoming Events ### 13 Webinars, Conferences, and Courses 1. [Journal Hand Surgery Journal Club](https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN%5F4is1E68xTF2T%5Fp94JmoSDg?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Virtual, Jan 26th 2022. 2. [ICCPCA Webinar ](https://cleft2022.com/iccpca-webinar/?ref=theplasticsfella.com)\- Orthognathic Surgery - January 29th 3. [BSSH Arthritis Workshop](https://mailchi.mp/bssh/bssh-spring-2021-abstract-submissions-open-10172149?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Manchester, Feb 2022. 4. [ASPS In-Service Exam](https://www.plasticsurgery.org/for-medical-professionals/education/events/in-service-exam-for-surgeons?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Virtual, March 2022. 5. [ASPS Spring Meeting](https://www.plasticsurgery.org/for-medical-professionals/education/events/spring-meeting?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Virtual, March 2022. 6. [AAPS Centennial Meeting](https://meeting.aaps1921.org/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- San Diego, April 2022. 7. [RACS 90th Annual Scientific Conference](https://plasticsurgery.org.au/event/racs-90th-annual-scientific-congress-2022/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Brisbane, May 2022. 8. [Australian ASPS Congress - Goldcoast, June 2022](https://plasticsurgery.org.au/event/plastic-surgery-congress/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) 9. [Aesthetics In-Service Exam](https://www.plasticsurgery.org/for-medical-professionals/education/events/life-long-learning-exercise?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Virtual, June 2022. 10. [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 11. [ICCPCA Cleft Congress](https://cleft2022.com/iccpca-webinar/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Edinburgh, July 2022 12. [ASSH Annual Meeting](https://www.assh.org/annualmeeting/s/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Boston, September 2022. 13. [Plastic Surgery, The Meeting](https://www.plasticsurgerythemeeting.com/?ref=theplasticsfella.com) \- Boston, October 2022. --- ## 🐣 ### Tweets of the Week > Nature does open access [pic.twitter.com/j6kL1G3ZRX](https://t.co/j6kL1G3ZRX?ref=theplasticsfella.com) > > — Dr. Glaucomflecken (@DGlaucomflecken) [January 22, 2022](https://twitter.com/DGlaucomflecken/status/1484679759829209090?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theplasticsfella.com) > Put👏 Glitter👏 In👏 Dermabond👏 > > — Resus Cric 🥣Souperstar🍲🫕 (@RozehnalMd) [January 21, 2022](https://twitter.com/RozehnalMd/status/1484648757169999878?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theplasticsfella.com) > Reviewer 2 [pic.twitter.com/npQwO2Vluy](https://t.co/npQwO2Vluy?ref=theplasticsfella.com) > > — Adi (@IDdocAdi) [January 20, 2022](https://twitter.com/IDdocAdi/status/1483995487061618689?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=theplasticsfella.com) --- ## 🚀 ## Testing New Features ### Must-have interview answer templates There is no bigger fear than going "blank" in an interview. No matter how much you prepare, there may be 1 or 2 questions that might catch you by surprise. To avoid this, P'Fella has created answer templates specific to the Plastic Surgery Interview. Here is an example of one 👇 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/a0/9f/a09fd7b4-d396-4b28-aed3-b87e20483292/content/images/2022/01/-ACED--Must-have-Answer-Template---Structure-2-2.png) [More templates here! ](https://www.theplasticsfella.com/interview/)