Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-06DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.11.002
Y Harder, F Bonomi, L Guggenheim, N Peradze, C Parodi, D Schmauss, A Weinzierl, E Limido
{"title":"Response to Correspondence on: 'First experience from 200 cases with a new breast tissue expander for multi-stage pre-pectoral breast reconstruction after mastectomy'.","authors":"Y Harder, F Bonomi, L Guggenheim, N Peradze, C Parodi, D Schmauss, A Weinzierl, E Limido","doi":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS","volume":" ","pages":"759-761"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145508499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.10.038
Oluwakemi Ayoade, Henry Tobias de Berker, Dorothy Bbaale, Dorsi Jowi, Attiya Ijaz, Priyatma Khincha, Folake Abikoye, Adam James Reid
Most plastic surgery research originates in high-income countries (HICs). This does not reflect the distribution of need in the global population, and is underpinned by a lack of representation of authors working in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The aims of this study were to explore the barriers to publishing, including access to plastic surgery journals, among plastic surgeons working in LMICs. These themes were explored through an online questionnaire distributed via the British Foundation for International Reconstructive Surgery and Training global mailing list and professional networks across LMIC (as defined by the World Health Organization). We received 188 responses from 21 countries. Although 73% felt that publishing was beneficial to career progression, 47% of the respondents had never published as a first author, and 36% had never published as a co-author. The most common barriers to publishing were patient workload (46%), lack of guidance/mentorship (38%), and article publishing charges (35%). With regards to access to plastic surgery journals, 50% found it challenging to access this resource and cited paywalls (84%), inadequate library access (70%), and poor knowledge of resources (20%) as the most common barriers. Furthermore, 94% believed that making plastic surgery journals more accessible would increase research productivity. Common impacts of poor access to journals were difficulty staying up to date (65%), finding specific techniques (52%), and accessing references/research resources (43%). We concluded that a range of interventions is required to support plastic surgery research in LMICs. These include improving access to surgical journals, research skills, mentorship, task sharing, and removing article publishing charges.
{"title":"Impact of limited access to plastic surgery journals on clinical and research output in low- and middle-income countries.","authors":"Oluwakemi Ayoade, Henry Tobias de Berker, Dorothy Bbaale, Dorsi Jowi, Attiya Ijaz, Priyatma Khincha, Folake Abikoye, Adam James Reid","doi":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.10.038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.10.038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most plastic surgery research originates in high-income countries (HICs). This does not reflect the distribution of need in the global population, and is underpinned by a lack of representation of authors working in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The aims of this study were to explore the barriers to publishing, including access to plastic surgery journals, among plastic surgeons working in LMICs. These themes were explored through an online questionnaire distributed via the British Foundation for International Reconstructive Surgery and Training global mailing list and professional networks across LMIC (as defined by the World Health Organization). We received 188 responses from 21 countries. Although 73% felt that publishing was beneficial to career progression, 47% of the respondents had never published as a first author, and 36% had never published as a co-author. The most common barriers to publishing were patient workload (46%), lack of guidance/mentorship (38%), and article publishing charges (35%). With regards to access to plastic surgery journals, 50% found it challenging to access this resource and cited paywalls (84%), inadequate library access (70%), and poor knowledge of resources (20%) as the most common barriers. Furthermore, 94% believed that making plastic surgery journals more accessible would increase research productivity. Common impacts of poor access to journals were difficulty staying up to date (65%), finding specific techniques (52%), and accessing references/research resources (43%). We concluded that a range of interventions is required to support plastic surgery research in LMICs. These include improving access to surgical journals, research skills, mentorship, task sharing, and removing article publishing charges.</p>","PeriodicalId":94104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS","volume":" ","pages":"726-735"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145608170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.11.022
Carson Gundlach, Nancy Qin, Makayla Kochheiser, Annie B McVeigh, Anna M Vaeth, Lucy Wei, Ashley Zhang, Sophia Arbuiso, Malini Chinta, Marcos Lu Wang, Hao Huang, David M Otterburn
{"title":"Response to Correspondence on \"Thermal versus tactile sensory recovery following alloplastic and neurotized autologous breast reconstruction\".","authors":"Carson Gundlach, Nancy Qin, Makayla Kochheiser, Annie B McVeigh, Anna M Vaeth, Lucy Wei, Ashley Zhang, Sophia Arbuiso, Malini Chinta, Marcos Lu Wang, Hao Huang, David M Otterburn","doi":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.11.022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.11.022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS","volume":" ","pages":"777-778"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145644080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-19DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.10.054
Lin-Gwei Wei, Kate Beecher, Kuo-Wang Tsai, Joshua Wang
{"title":"Correspondence on: Preoperative use of serotonergic antidepressants is associated with increased rates of complications and surgical revision in autologous breast reconstruction.","authors":"Lin-Gwei Wei, Kate Beecher, Kuo-Wang Tsai, Joshua Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.10.054","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.10.054","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS","volume":" ","pages":"766-769"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145679828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-10-31DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.10.015
Milomir Ninkovic, John M Felder, Zvezdana Milačak, Marina Ninkovic, Emmanuel Nageeb
Thumb opposition is an essential component of human hand function, and loss of the thenar musculature creates substantial disability of the hand. Additionally, first web space contracture as a result of trauma is a substantial limitation in reconstruction of thumb opposition. Reconstruction of thenar function is most commonly performed via opponensplasty tendon transfers. Although beneficial, tendon transfers require cortical retraining and fall short of native function. These may be the only option in the case of median nerve palsy. However, at times, thenar function is lost owing to thenar muscle injury with preserved median nerve function. Common examples include palmar soft tissue trauma and compartment syndrome. In such cases, intuitive thumb opposition can be restored with free functional muscle transfer innervated by the thenar motor branch of the median nerve. In addition, first web space release can be achieved in the same procedure. Here, we have demonstrate the benefits of this procedure versus opponensplasty, review long-term outcomes of successful cases including videographic documentation of function, and provide expert guidance to surgeons considering performing this procedure.
{"title":"Free functional gracilis muscle opponensplasty for thenar reconstruction: Indications, technique, and long-term outcomes.","authors":"Milomir Ninkovic, John M Felder, Zvezdana Milačak, Marina Ninkovic, Emmanuel Nageeb","doi":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.10.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.10.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thumb opposition is an essential component of human hand function, and loss of the thenar musculature creates substantial disability of the hand. Additionally, first web space contracture as a result of trauma is a substantial limitation in reconstruction of thumb opposition. Reconstruction of thenar function is most commonly performed via opponensplasty tendon transfers. Although beneficial, tendon transfers require cortical retraining and fall short of native function. These may be the only option in the case of median nerve palsy. However, at times, thenar function is lost owing to thenar muscle injury with preserved median nerve function. Common examples include palmar soft tissue trauma and compartment syndrome. In such cases, intuitive thumb opposition can be restored with free functional muscle transfer innervated by the thenar motor branch of the median nerve. In addition, first web space release can be achieved in the same procedure. Here, we have demonstrate the benefits of this procedure versus opponensplasty, review long-term outcomes of successful cases including videographic documentation of function, and provide expert guidance to surgeons considering performing this procedure.</p>","PeriodicalId":94104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS","volume":" ","pages":"737-742"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145575186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-11-21DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.11.034
Vaibhav Sahni
{"title":"Comment on: \"Impact of Limited Access to Plastic Surgery Journals on Clinical and Research Output in Low- and Middle-Income Countries\".","authors":"Vaibhav Sahni","doi":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.11.034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.11.034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS","volume":" ","pages":"736"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145835845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-12-31DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.12.028
Matthew Q Dao, Jacquelyn M Roth, Bernice Z Yu, Keisha E Montalmant, Parul Rai, Arjun Nanda, Jasmin Wilson, Peter W Henderson
{"title":"Response to Correspondence on \"Preoperative use of serotonergic antidepressants is associated with increased rates of complications and surgical revision in autologous breast reconstruction\".","authors":"Matthew Q Dao, Jacquelyn M Roth, Bernice Z Yu, Keisha E Montalmant, Parul Rai, Arjun Nanda, Jasmin Wilson, Peter W Henderson","doi":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.12.028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.12.028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS","volume":" ","pages":"770-771"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145947180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-01Epub Date: 2025-08-21DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2025.08.009
Alexandra Sutcliffe, Tamara Mertz, Aidan Rose, Daniel B Saleh
{"title":"Letter Re: Single modality indocyanine green is feasible for sentinel node detection in head and neck cutaneous melanoma: A prospective cohort study.","authors":"Alexandra Sutcliffe, Tamara Mertz, Aidan Rose, Daniel B Saleh","doi":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.08.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.bjps.2025.08.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS","volume":" ","pages":"762-763"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145002356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-31DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2026.01.026
Rohan Magoon, Nitin Choudhary
{"title":"Correspondence on \"The impact of metabolic syndrome on postoperative outcomes in breast oncoplastic surgery: A nationwide analysis\".","authors":"Rohan Magoon, Nitin Choudhary","doi":"10.1016/j.bjps.2026.01.026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2026.01.026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146121255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-01-28DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2026.01.024
Mengyu Li, Jiuhong Song, Binwei Wang
{"title":"Correspondence on \"Pyriform, nasal base and nasal deformity: A mediation analysis evaluating the mechanisms of secondary cleft lip nasal deformity\".","authors":"Mengyu Li, Jiuhong Song, Binwei Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.bjps.2026.01.024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2026.01.024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94104,"journal":{"name":"Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146097776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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