May 2023 Journal Club: Nerve Gap Repair; Robotic Free Flap Tissue Reconstruction; Plastic Surgery Physician Extenders;

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">In this episode of the Award-winning PRS Journal Club Podcast, 2023 Resident Ambassadors to the <em style= "mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">PRS</em> Editorial Board – Rami Kantar, Yoshi Toyoda, and Ronnie Shammas- and special guest <strong>Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS</strong>, discuss the following articles from the May 2023 issue:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;"> “A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Nerve Gap Repair: Comparative Effectiveness of Allografts, Autografts, and Conduits” by Lans, Eberlin, Evans, et al.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;"> “First-in-Human Free Flap Tissue Reconstruction Using a Dedicated Microsurgical Robotic Platform” by Innocenti, Malzone, and Menichini.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;"> “Impact of Physician Extenders and Midlevels in Plastic Surgery” by Seyidova and Lin.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black;">  </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;">Special guest <strong>Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS,</strong> who is the current Editor-in-Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is a renowned hand surgeon who completed his plastic surgeon residency at the University of Michigan and hand surgery fellowship at the Curtis National Hand Center. Dr. Chung has a numerous amount of accomplishme