April 2019: Myth-Busting the DIEP Flap; Toe-to-Hand Transfer Outcomes; Abdominal Etching

In this episode of the Award-winning PRS Journal Club Podcast, 2019 Resident Ambassadors to the PRS Editorial Board – Raj Parikh, Lily Mundy, and Kyle Sanniec- and special guest Rudolf Buntic, MD, discuss the following articles from the April 2019 issue:

“Myth-Busting the DIEP Flap and an Introduction to the Abdominal Perforator Exchange Breast Reconstruction Technique: A Single-Surgeon Retrospective Review” by DellaCroce, DellaCroce, Blum, et al. 

“Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Toe-to- Hand Transfer: A Prospective Longitudinal Study” by Tsai, Fries, Hsiao, et al. 

“Abdominal Etching: Surgical Technique and Outcomes” by Husain, Salgado, Mundra, et al. 

Special Guest Rudolf Buntic, MD is Program Director for the Hand Microsurgery Fellowship at the Buncke Medical Clinic, Head of the Division of Microsurgery at California Pacific Medical Center, Associate Professor affiliated in Plastic Surgery at Stanford University, and Clinical Faculty member of the University of California.

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