Irene Yau

Frostbite: diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and future directions

Noor Obaidi, Olivia A Agee, Irene Yau, Robert Moritz et autres

From cold-weather training to deployments in high altitude and arctic conditions, frostbite injury and its sequelae remain a serious concern in military operations. Frostbite harms tissue in two distinct ways. The first involves ice crystal formation within tissue, resulting in mechanical damage …

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Osteopathic Graduates in Plastic Surgery: How Can We Improve the Pipeline?

Kristof S. Gutowski, Irene Yau, Ariel E. Figueroa, Alice Yau et autres

Background: Integrated plastic surgery residency is one of the most competitive specialties for medical students to match into. This study was performed to identify trends in osteopathic applicants to plastic surgery and current osteopathic trainees within the field. Furthermore, we explore osteopathic …

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Topical application of anti-inflammatory agents on burn wounds and their effect on healing

Jamie Neelon, Irene Yau, Anders H. Carlsson, Steven Blake Smithson et autres

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Students Matriculating into Integrated Plastic Surgery: Are all Medical Schools Equal?

Alice Yau, Marina A. Lentskevich, Narainsai K. Reddy, Kristof S. Gutowski et autres

INTRODUCTION: Becoming a craniofacial/pediatric plastic surgeon depends on completing a plastic surgery (PS) residency. As medical school curricula for PS exposure are highly inconsistent, the authors investigated whether there was an association between the presence of PS elective rotations and/or home programs …

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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Challenges, Novel Techniques, and Future Perspectives

Corey Keenan, Noor Obaidi, Jamie Neelon, Irene Yau et autres

Significance: Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has been in practice for decades, proving its utility in many applications, ranging from acutely infected wounds to complex combat wounds and skin grafting. It has been routinely demonstrated that NPWT has superior wound healing outcomes …

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A 50-Year Review of Congressional Membership by Health Care Professionals: Is Surgical Representation Adequate?

Alice Yau, Marina A. Lentskevich, Irene Yau, Iulianna C. Taritsa et autres

SUMMARY: Although 100% of congressional legislators vote on health care policy, only a minority have a background in health care. A review of the participation of health care professionals (HCPs) in Congress, highlighting participation by surgeons, is critical to the future policy-making …

Do Unpaid Children’s Hospital Account Balances Correlate with Family Income or Insurance Type?

Alice Yau, Marina A. Lentskevich, Irene Yau, Narainsai K. Reddy et autres

Background: Current understanding of medical debt among various income ranges and insurance carriers is limited. We analyzed median household incomes, insurance carriers, and medical debt of plastic surgery patients at a major metropolitan children’s hospital. Methods: A retrospective chart review for zip …

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