PlasticSurgery

• Published in: Plastic and reconstructive surgery (1963) Vol. 138; no. 6; p. 1354
• Main Authors: Branford, Olivier A, Kamali, Parisa, Rohrich, Rod J, Song, David H, Mallucci, Patrick, Liu, Daniel Z, Lang, Dustin, Sun, Kristi, Stubican, Miran, Lin, Samuel J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2016
• Subjects: Advertising - methods; Advertising - statistics & numerical data; Evidence-Based Medicine; Health Education - methods; Health Education - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Prospective Studies; Social Media - statistics & numerical data; Surgeons; Surgery, Plastic; United States; United States

Social media use is growing inexorably, and there is public appetite for evidence-based information. Little is known about engagement by plastic surgeons with social media. The aim of this study was to examine posting about plastic surgery on Twitter, to best inform how board-certified plastic surge...