Did I really have to go through 3 years of general surgery training and 2 years of plastic surgery training in residency programs approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to become a plastic surgeon? After recently graduating from the Grand Rapids Plastic Surgery Residency program and an aesthetic plastic surgery fellowship with Dr. Richard Ellenbogen in Los ...

BACKGROUND Commercial closed-suctions drainage systems are commonly used in the United States and many other countries for use in neurosurgical cases. However, in Tanzania and other developing nations with fewer resources, these are not available. This report explores another option for a closed-system drainage system utilizing inexpensive supplies found commonly in hospitals around the world. ...

Background. The advantages or disadvantages of preoperative biliary drainage (PBD) prior to pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) remain unclear. Methods. A prospectively maintained database was queried for 335 consecutive patients undergoing standard PD surgery between 2009 and 2013. Clinical data and postoperative complications of the 47 patients receiving PBD and 288 patients with early surgery were ...

BACKGROUND Several studies have reported that individualized residential place-based discrimination (PBD) affects residents' health. However, studies exploring the association between institutionalized PBD and health are scarce, especially in Asian countries including Japan. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with random two-stage sampling of 6191 adults aged 25-64 years in 100 cen...

BACKGROUND No clear consensus has been reached yet on how best to characterize children who suffer from pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD). The CBCL-PBD profile on the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) has been consistently reported showing deviant findings on the Attention Problems, Aggressive Behavior, and Anxious-Depressed subscales. AIM To examine the sensitivity and specificity of the propos...

The diagnosis of pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD) has increased dramatically in community-treated youth in the past 20 years. No previous study has assessed the trend in PBD subtype diagnoses or the impact of clinician-reported behavioral comorbidities (BC) on psychotropic medication prescribing patterns. This study aims: (1) to characterize national trends in PBD visits in relation to PBD subt...

OBJECTIVES Pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) dimers, tethered through inert propyldioxy or pentyldioxy linkers, possess potent bactericidal activity against a range of Gram-positive bacteria by virtue of their capacity to cross-link duplex DNA in sequence-selective fashion. Here we attempt to improve the antibacterial activity and cytotoxicity profile of PBD-containing conjugates by extension of dime...

S32 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND / VOLUME 6 / SUPPLEMENT 1 / AUGUST 2017 session 14.7 min (10–25 min), fourth session 12.3 min (7–20 min); technical success of primary procedure was 98.1% (three procedures abandoned). Nasocystic drain 97 patients (59.8%), necrosectomy–first session 65 patients (40.1%), necrosectomy– second session 57 patients (35.1%), necrosectomy–third session 38 patients (23.4%), ne...

S32 ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND / VOLUME 6 / SUPPLEMENT 1 / AUGUST 2017 session 14.7 min (10–25 min), fourth session 12.3 min (7–20 min); technical success of primary procedure was 98.1% (three procedures abandoned). Nasocystic drain 97 patients (59.8%), necrosectomy–first session 65 patients (40.1%), necrosectomy– second session 57 patients (35.1%), necrosectomy–third session 38 patients (23.4%), ne...