Scholars@Duke
Brett Thomas Phillips

Brett Thomas Phillips

Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgery, Plastic, Maxillofacial, and Oral Surgery
brett.phillips@duke.edu
DUMC 3181, Durham, NC 27710
40 Duke Medicine Circle, Durham, NC 27710

Scholarly Works - Conferences

Defining Predictors of Future Academic Productivity in Plastic Surgery Residency

Conference Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open · October 16, 2023 Background: Research is a valued component of applications to plastic surgery residency. No prior studies have explored factors associated with increased resident research productivity. This study aims to compare the academic productivity levels of plastic ... Full text Cite

An Ounce of Prediction is Worth a Pound of Cure: Risk Calculators in Breast Reconstruction.

Conference Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open · May 2022 UNLABELLED: Preoperative risk calculators provide individualized risk assessment and stratification for surgical patients. Recently, several general surgery-derived models have been applied to the plastic surgery patient population, and several plastic sur ... Full text Link to item Cite

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Surgical Outcomes after Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS · November 2021 Link to item Cite

A systematic review of antibiotic use and infection in breast reconstruction: what is the evidence?

Conference Plast Reconstr Surg · January 2013 BACKGROUND: The literature reports overall complication rates in breast reconstruction to be as high as 60 percent. Infection rates can exceed 20 percent, much higher than anticipated in clean elective surgery. There is no consensus among surgeons regardin ... Full text Link to item Cite

Subjective rating of cosmetic treatment with botulinum toxin type A: do existing measures demonstrate interobserver validity?

Conference Ann Plast Surg · October 2012 BACKGROUND: Throughout the literature, investigators have assessed the cosmetic efficacy of botulinum toxin (BT) treatment by using various subjective, qualitative measures, including the Facial Wrinkle Scale (FWS) and Subject Global Assessment (SGA). The ... Full text Link to item Cite

Anesthesia duration as a marker for surgical complications in office-based plastic surgery.

Conference Ann Plast Surg · October 2012 BACKGROUND: Office-based plastic surgery has continued to rise in the past 2 decades with the increased demand for cosmetic surgery. Although several large studies have shown the safety of office-based surgery, current regulations place some restrictions o ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparison of native porcine skin and a dermal substitute using tensiometry and digital image speckle correlation.

Conference Ann Plast Surg · October 2012 Dermal substitutes are currently used in plastic surgery to cover various soft tissue defects caused by trauma, burns, or ablative cancer surgery. Little information is available on the biomechanical properties of these dermal substitutes after adequate in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Intraoperative perfusion techniques can accurately predict mastectomy skin flap necrosis in breast reconstruction: results of a prospective trial.

Conference Plast Reconstr Surg · May 2012 BACKGROUND: Intraoperative vascular imaging can assist assessment of mastectomy skin flap perfusion to predict areas of necrosis. No head-to-head study has compared modalities such as laser-assisted indocyanine green dye angiography and fluorescein dye ang ... Full text Link to item Cite

Current practice among plastic surgeons of antibiotic prophylaxis and closed-suction drains in breast reconstruction: experience, evidence, and implications for postoperative care.

Conference Ann Plast Surg · May 2011 BACKGROUND: Despite their widespread use, there are no evidence-based guidelines on the management of closed-suction drains or antibiotics in postmastectomy breast reconstruction. The purpose of this study was to assess consensus and variation in postopera ... Full text Link to item Cite