Plastic Surgey and the Opiate Epidemic

by Vik Reddy, MD, MHSA, FACS “The surgery went well, and Ms. Brown’s immediate postoperative course was without any complications.  Three weeks afterwards, however, she developed an opening along the abdominal incision.  The wound had separated, and the mesh I had

Guns and Roses

by Katerina Gallus, MD, FACS: Commander, Medical Corps, USN My personal experiences on deployment as a female Navy plastic surgeon to Afghanistan not infrequently enter otherwise polite conversation when dining with colleagues.  Many aspects of deploying to a forward operating