Background: The use of acellular dermal matrix to assist in two-stage expander/implant
breast reconstruction has increased over recent years. However, there are questions …

Background: Several randomized controlled trials comparing negative-pressure therapy to
standard wound care for chronic wounds have been published. Although these studies …

As the name suggests, evidence-based medi-cine is about finding evidence and using that
evidence to make clinical decisions. A cornerstone of evidence-based medicine is the …

Background: There has been a trend toward limiting perioperative prophylactic antibiotics,
based on research not conducted in plastic surgery patients. The authors' university hospital …

Background Many decellularized dermal matrices are available with various applications, all
with slight differences. AlloDerm appears to have the greatest presence in the literature. The …

Background We recently conducted a systematic review of the methodological quality of
randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in plastic surgery. In accordance with convention, we …

Surgeons are often accused of lagging behind their medical colleagues in embracing
evidence based medicine and utilizing new research tools to conducting high quality …

In 2011, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS) implemented a level-of-evidence (LOE)
pyramid to bring attention to evidence-based medicine and to promote quality of research …

Background: The authors investigated the methodological validity of plastic surgery
randomized controlled trials that compared surgical interventions. Methods: An electronic …

Background: Meta-analyses are common in the plastic surgery literature, but studies
concerning their quality are lacking. The authors assessed the overall quality of meta …