An evaluation of burn fellowship program websites' presence and content.

Fellowship program websites pertaining to various subspecialties have been evaluated according to the amount and type of content they communicate to prospective applicants. This study aimed to evaluate what information specifically burn fellowship programs communicate through their websites and to what extent, if at all. Ten of the 30 unique burn fellowship programs, American Burn Association (ABA)-verified or otherwise, identified through the ABA website did not have official websites which could be readily located at time of data collection. Thus, twenty burn fellowship program websites were included in analysis. Burn fellowship program websites were assessed according to 23 criteria relating to recruitment, education, and social life. On average, each website contained an average of 8.5 ± 2.6 criteria (range, 2 - 13), with all of them listing a program contact email/phone, and 95% containing a program description. Only 35% of programs listed the faculty, and a single program advertised alumni job placement. Neither total number of fellows, total number of clinical faculty, nor Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education accreditation status were significantly associated with amount or type of content. Geographic region was associated with a significant difference in amount of education-related content. Fellowship program websites are important to prospective applicants when comparing programs and deciding where to apply. These results show where burn fellowship programs can increase the amount of publicly-available information that applicants tend to find helpful in order to hopefully both diversify and tailor their applicant pool to those whose goals align with the programs'.

Spinal Epidural Capillary Hemangioma With Intrathoracic Extension: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Capillary hemangiomas are hamartomatous congenital vascular malformations that are particularly uncommon in the spinal epidural space, and those with intrathoracic extensions are extremely rare. Although considered benign, capillary hemangiomas can cause rare hemorrhagic complications and risk of spinal cord compression or extension into the neural foramen. Therefore, surgery should be considered even in the absence of neurological symptoms. The literature reports three patients either underwent a partial resection or a complete tumor removal was achieved by accessing the lesion through a posterolateral approach and removing the costotransverse joint. The patient underwent a same-day, two-staged gross total resection of the tumor via combined posterior right-sided T7-T8 complete facetectomy and extradural mass resection with T7 nerve transection, followed by a posterolateral fusion of the T7-T8 vertebra. Stage 2 consisted of a video-assisted intrathoracic approach for the removal of the remaining tumor. The two-stage surgical procedure described in our case report allows for complete removal of intrathoracic and intraspinal portions of the mass with less morbidity.