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| Project Leader: | Peter Park peterdp@tamu.edu |
| Faculty Mentor: | Katherine A. Brakora, Ph.D. |
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Meeting Times:
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TBA |
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Team Size:
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4 |
| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Engage in a thorough literature review of plastic surgery implant based breast reconstruction. Learn how to read through current research and learn how to incorporate manuscripts and drafts into a presentation powerpoint and/or poster. Team members with substantial contribution can earn the opportunity to attend conferences, build posters, and present research. Presentation can be added to team members resume/CV
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Team Needs:
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Mandatory: must be a pre-med student with plans on applying to medical school. Must be interested in clinical research. Any major and year can apply and no prior research experience is needed |
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Description:
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Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols utilize multiple models and different disciplines to optimize the preoperative, operative, and postoperative recovery metrics following surgery. ERAS aims to improve clinical patient outcomes measured by hospital LOS, opioid consumption, complications, etc. The protocol began in colorectal surgery and expanded into plastic surgery began around 2014. A component of ERAS involves the incorporation of analgesic nerve blocks prior to surgery. The addition of these local peri-operative blocks such as the Serratus Anterior (SAP) block as the primary method of local anesthesia administration within an ERAS protocol has been shown to safely and effectively decrease opioid consumption, discharge patients quicker, and expedite quality of recovery in breast reconstruction surgeries |