Despite reconstruction in the subacute period, the high rate of antimicrobial colonization before wound closure, and the devastating nature of improvised explosive device blast injuries, early analysis of the National Naval Medical Center war extremity reconstruction cohort demonstrates low total and partial flap loss rates and acceptable infection rates.

Plastic surgery fellowship directors may look at the following predictive factors of applicants if they would like their graduates to carry on the tradition of teaching future plastic surgeons: (1) previous dedicated research training, (2) more years of clinical training, and (3) more scientific publications.

The Whistle flap procedure provided a versatile and reliable option for the correction of vermilion defects from secondary cleft lip deformities.