Research

Dr. Lin is the Editor-in-Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

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Dr. Lin & his research team

 

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Dr. Lin’s Research Posters.

Crowdsourcing Public Opinion of Plastic Surgeons: Is There a Gender Bias? (opens in new tab)

Mortality After Buttock Fat Grafting: Analysis of the American Association for Accreditation of the Ambulatory Surgery Facilities’ Patient Database (opens in new tab)

The Impact of Age on Rhytidectomy Outcomes: A National Analysis of 6964 Patients (opens in new tab)

A Single-Center Evaluation of Prophylactic Mastectomy Outcomes: Revisiting the Safety Profile and Risk Factors (opens in new tab)

The Weekend Effect in Orbital Fractures: An Analysis Using the National Inpatient Sample Database (opens in new tab)

Dr. Lin’s Research Papers.

» Case Reports: Synchronous ipsilateral cerebellopontine angle glossopharyngeal schwannoma and parotid adenoid cystic carcinoma. (opens in new tab)

» Preoperative radiation therapy and its effects on outcomes in microsurgical head and neck reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Original Research: Distraction osteogenesis in the pediatric population (opens in new tab)

» Lingual hematoma and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: A case report (opens in new tab)

» Clinical Techniques and Technology: A new three-dimensional imaging device in facial aesthetic and reconstructive surgery (opens in new tab)

» Three-Dimensional Imaging and Measuring Facial Aesthetic Outcomes (opens in new tab)

» Clinical Techniques and Technology: An ocular surface prosthesis as an innovative adjunct in patients with head and neck malignancy (opens in new tab)

» Case Report: Microvascular free tissue transfer of previously irradiated flaps (opens in new tab)

» Scalp and Calvarial Reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» The Posterior Tibial Artery Perforator Flap: An Alternative to Free-Flap Closure in the Comorbid Patient (opens in new tab)

» Lower extremity ischemia following umbilical artery catheterization: A case study and clinical update (opens in new tab)

» American Society of Plastic Surgeons: The Intrinsic Tying Platform in Microsurgery (opens in new tab)

» Multisite Analysis of 177 Consecutive Primary Breast Augmentations: Predictors for Reoperation (opens in new tab)

» American Society of Plastic Surgeons: Free Tissue Transfer in a Head and Neck Cancer Patient with Polycythemia Vera (opens in new tab)

» Establishment of Perforator Flap Programs for Breast Reconstruction: The New England Program Experience (opens in new tab)

» Lateral Canthal Reconstruction After Head-Neck or Periocular Cutaneous Malignancy: Oculoplastic and Facial Plastic Surgery Techniques (opens in new tab)

» Designing the Anterolateral Thigh Flap without Preoperative Doppler or Imaging (opens in new tab)

» Intraoperative Near-infrared Fluorescence Imaging in Perforator Flap Reconstruction: Current Research and Early Clinical Experience (opens in new tab)

» Computer-Based Learning Module Increases Shared Decision Making in Breast Reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Pedicled Perforator Flaps: A New Principle in Reconstructive Surgery (opens in new tab)

» Subtotal Thigh Flap and Bioprosthetic Mesh Reconstruction for Large, Composite Abdominal Wall Defects (opens in new tab)

» A new classification system for muscle and nerve preservation in diep flap breast reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Unusual Anterolateral Thigh Donor-Site Complications: Intraneural Hemangioma and Traumatic Neuroma (opens in new tab)

» Abdominoplasty Flap Elevation in a More Superficial Plane: Decreasing the Need for Drains (opens in new tab)

» Effects of Rhinoplasty on the Internal Nasal Valve (opens in new tab)

» Effects of Vasopressor Administration on the Outcomes of Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» The FLARE Intraoperative Near-Infared Fluorescence Imaging System: A First-in-Human Clinical Trial in Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» The use of Human Acellular Dermal Matrix for the Correction of Secondary Deformities after Breast Augmentation: Results and Costs (opens in new tab)

» The Lateral Chest Wall: A Separate Aesthetic Unit in Breast Surgery (opens in new tab)

» Utility Assessment of Body Contouring After Massive Weight Loss (opens in new tab)

» Bilateral Autologous Reconstruction from Different Sites: Indications and Outcomes after DIEP and SGAP Flaps (opens in new tab)

» Use of Intraoperative Computed Tomography in Complex Facial Fracture Reduction and Fixation (opens in new tab)

» First-in-human pilot study of a spatial frequency domain oxygenation imaging system (opens in new tab)

» Electrochemical activation and inhibition of neuromuscular systems through modulation of ion concentrations with ion-selective membranes (opens in new tab)

» The Lateral Chest Wall: A Separate Aesthetic Unit in Breast Surgery (opens in new tab)

» Intraoperative CT: A Teaching Tool for the Management of Complex Facial Fracture Fixation in Surgical Training (opens in new tab)

» Unresolved, atraumatic breast hematoma: Post-irradiation or secondary breast angiosacroma (opens in new tab)

» Utility Outcome Assessment of the Aging Neck following Massie Weight Loss (opens in new tab)

» Acellular Dermal Matrices in Breast Surgery: Tips and Pearls (opens in new tab)

» Interesting Case Series: Accessory Breast Tissue (opens in new tab)

» Early Experience with Barbed Sutures for Abdominal Closure in Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Cleft Lip and Palate: An Objective Measure Outcome Study (opens in new tab)

» The Impact of Nipple Reconstruction on Patient Satisfaction in Breast Reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Nanotechnology in Plastic Surgery (opens in new tab)

» Utility Outcome Scores for Unilateral Facial Paralysis (opens in new tab)

» The Impact of Living with a Functional and Aesthetic Nasal Deformity After Primary Rhinoplasty (opens in new tab)

» Static Treatment Modalities in Facial Paralysis: A Review (opens in new tab)

» Augmented SIEA flap for microvascular breast reconstruction after prior ligation of bilateral deep inferior epigastric arteries (opens in new tab)

» Acellular Dermal Matrices in Breast Surgery: A Comprehensive Review (opens in new tab)

» Dynamic Rehabilitation of Facial Nerve Injury: A Review of the Literature (opens in new tab)

» Patient involvement in the decision-making process improves satisfaction and quality of life in postmastectomy breast reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Thigh Laxity After Massive Weight Loss: A Utilities Outcomes Assessment (opens in new tab)

» The Boston Marathon Bombings: The Early Plastic Surgery Experience of One Boston Hospital (opens in new tab)

» Plastic Surgeons and the Management of Trauma: From the JFK Assassination to the Boston Marathon Bombing (opens in new tab)

» Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database in 19,100 Patients Undergoing Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: Complication Rates with Acellular Dermal Matrix (opens in new tab)

» A Novel Pilot Study Using Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging to Assess Oxygenation of Perforator Flaps During Reconstructive Breast Surgery (opens in new tab)

» Common Patterns of Reconstruction for Mohs Defects in the Head and Neck (opens in new tab)

» A Plastic Surgery Application in Evolution: Three-Dimensional Printing (opens in new tab)

» Trends in Facial Fracture Treatment Using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database (opens in new tab)

» Gossypiboma: An Approach to Diagnosis in the Era of Medical Tourism (opens in new tab)

» The use of silk-based devices for fracture fixation (opens in new tab)

» Risk factors associated with complications in lower-extremity reconstruction with the distally based sural flap: A systematic review and pooled analysis (opens in new tab)

» Living with a Unilateral Mastectomy Defect: A Utility Assessment and Outcomes Study (opens in new tab)

» The Utility of Outcomes Studies in Plastic Surgery (opens in new tab)

» Effects of statins on ischemia – reperfusion complications in breast free flaps (opens in new tab)

» The Ideal Nasolabial Angle in Rhinoplasty: A Preference Analysis of the General Population (opens in new tab)

» The Impact of Living with Severe Lower Extremity Lymphedema (opens in new tab)

» The Utility of Outcome Studies in Plastic Surgery (opens in new tab)

» Vasopressors and Reconstructive Flap Perfusion: A Review of the Literature Comparing the Effects of Various Pharmacologic Agents (opens in new tab)

» Patient Selection Optimization following Combined Abdominal Procedures: Analysis of 4925 Patients Undergoing Panniculectomy / Abdominoplasty with or without Concurrent Hernia Repair (opens in new tab)

» Non-Invasive transdermal two-dimensional mapping of cutaneous oxygenation with a rapid-drying liquid bandage (opens in new tab)

» Delayed Hypersensitivity Reaction to Acellular Dermal Matrix in Breast Reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Population Preferences of Undergoing Brachiplasty for Arm Laxity (opens in new tab)

» Analysis of Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Skull Base Reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Absorbable Biologically Based Internal Fixation (opens in new tab)

» Properties of Meshes used in Hernia Repair: A Comprehensive Review of Synthetic and Biologic Meshes (opens in new tab)

» Nipple-areolar Complex Reconstruction following Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction: A Comparative Utility Assessment Study (opens in new tab)

» Acellular Dermal Matrix in Reconstructive Breast Surgery: Survery of Current Practice among Plastic Surgeons (opens in new tab)

» Use of tragal cartilage grats in rhinoplasty: An anatomic study and review of the literature (opens in new tab)

» Patient preferences in access to breast reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Is There an Association between Component Separation and Venous Thromboembolism? Analysis of the NSQIP (opens in new tab)

» Readability Assessment of Online Patient Resources for Breast Augmentation Surgery (opens in new tab)

» Does Acellular Dermal Matrix Really Improve Aesthetic Outcome in Tissue Expander / Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction? (opens in new tab)

» Mastopexy for breast ptosis: Utility outcomes of population preferences (opens in new tab)

» Three-dimensional Printing in Developing Countries (opens in new tab)

» The New Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Next Accreditation System Milestones Evaluation System: What is Expected and How Are Plastic Surgery Residency Programs Preparing? (opens in new tab)

» Bipedicle-conjoined perforator flaps in breast reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Highest Impact Articles in Microsurgery: A Citation Analysis (opens in new tab)

» Regional and National Trends Over 20 Years in One-Stage vs. Two-staged Implant Based Breast Reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Tumescent mastectomy technique in autologous breast reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Mastectomy skin necrosis after microsurgical breast reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Rapid prototyped sutureless anastomosis device from self-curing silk bio-ink (opens in new tab)

» Discussion: Extracorporeal Septoplasty: Assessing Functional Outcomes Using the Validated Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation Score over a 3-Year Period (opens in new tab)

» Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Advance Online Article (opens in new tab)

» Technology and Plastic Surgery: Foreword (opens in new tab)

» Readability of online patient resources for melanoma (opens in new tab)

» Breast Capsular Cerebrospinal Fluid Collection from Migration of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter (opens in new tab)

» Plastic Surgery Training Worldwide: Part 1 The United States and Europe (opens in new tab)

» Use of Lumbar Perforator Recipient Vessels for Salvage Chest Wall Reconstruction: A Case Report (opens in new tab)

» The Current Role of Three-Dimensional Printing in Plastic Surgery (opens in new tab)

» Does Increased Experience with Tissue Oximetry Monitoring in Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction Lead to Decreased Flap Loss? The Learning Effect (opens in new tab)

» Discussion: A Comparison of Robotically Assisted Microsurgery versus Manual Microsurgery in Challenging Situations (opens in new tab)

» Increased Osteoid Formation in BMP-2-Loaded Silk Based Screws (opens in new tab)

» Big Data and Machine Learning in Plastic Surgery: A New Frontier in Surgical Innovation (opens in new tab)

» Preoperative CT-Angiography in Autologous Breast Reconstruction (opens in new tab)

» Analysis of References on the Plastic Surgery In-Service Training Exam (opens in new tab)

» A Novel Free Flap Monitoring System Using Tissue Oximetry with Text Message Alerts (opens in new tab)

» Analyzing Regional Differences over a 15-Year Trend of One-Stage versus Two-Stage Breast Reconstruction in 941,191 Postmastectomy Patients (opens in new tab)

» Comparing the Outcomes of Different Agents to Treat Vasospasm at Microsurgical Anastomosis during the Papaverine Shortage (opens in new tab)

» Regenerated silk materials for functionalized silk orthopedic devices by mimicking natural processing (opens in new tab)