THE FUTURE IS NOW

Dr Pratt is passionate about surgical research and education. Plastic surgery is a specialty of innovation and problem solving, and progress in the specialty is achieved by continual development of new techniques and ideas to deliver better outcomes for patients.

Dr Pratt is published in numerous international plastic surgery journals and has presented research at national and international meetings. He also plays an active role in teaching and mentoring the next generation of surgeons through workshops and research groups.

 

Publications

 

Ann Plas Surg  69(1)

3-9 2012

 

Pratt GF, Rozen WM, Chubb D, Ashton MW, Whitaker IS Preooperative Imaging for Perforator Flaps in Reconstructive Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Current Techniques

Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries,

40(1), 61–66. 2014

Cleland, H., Wasiak, J., Dobson, H., Paul, M., Pratt, G. F., Paul, E., et al.  Clinical application and viability of cryopreserved cadaveric skin allografts in severe burn: a retrospective analysis.

Microsurgery 30(8):

657-666

2010

Pratt, George F, Warren M Rozen, Daniel Chubb, Iain S Whitaker, Damien Grinsell, Mark W Ashton, and Rafael Acosta. Modern Adjuncts and Technologies in Microsurgery: An Historical and Evidence-Based Review

JPRAS 2009

Mar 62(3): 73-5

Pratt GF, Faris JG, Lethbridge M, Teh LG. Breast Reconstruction with a free DIEP flap complicated by cardiac tamponade and arrest

Microsurgery 32(1),

 68-76 2012

J Plast Reconstr

Aesthet Surg

63(1): 84 2010

Pratt GF, Rozen WM, Westwood A, Hancock A, Chubb D, Ashton MW, Whitaker IS. Technology Assisted and Sutureless Microvascular Anastomoses: A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Current Techniques

Pratt GF, Wilson P. A Simple Nasal Packing Technique for Minor Nasal Surgery which Reduces Pain Associated with Removal of Packs

J Reconstr

Microsurg 28(3)

149-154 2012

 

Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 Dec 86(6): 1985-7

 

 

Pratt GF, Erickson M, Provenzano S, Mews G, Edwards M. Intractable LIMA Spasm in the Postoperative Period Treated by Placement of a ‘Bridging’ Stent

Whitaker IS, Pratt GF, Rozen WM, Chubb D, Ashton MW Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Monitoring Flap Viability Following Breast Reconstruction

Presentations

 

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual ScientificCongress

 Perth 2010

 

Pratt GF. Body Contouring in Public Hospitals: A Review of 45 Cases of Abdominoplasty in 1 year

ANZBA 2015

Melbourne

 

Pratt GF, Lo C, Munasinghe N, Ives A, Cleland H Outcomes of hand burns in severely burnt patients- a review of 27 patients at the Victorian Adult Burns Service

ASPS

 Congress 2011,

Gold Coast       

Pratt GF, Ross R, Bruscino-Raiola 6 Years Experience of Lower limb Free Flaps in a Major Trauma Centre: A New Paradigm for Timing of Reconstruction

RACS ASC 2011

Adelaide

Pratt GF, Akbarzadeh S, Dobson H, Wasiak J, Cleland H. Cryopreserved Dermal Allografts- Clinical and Laboratory Perspectives

Annual State Scientific meeting of McComb Research Foundation  University of Western Australia

Nov 2008

 

 

Pratt GF, Wood F The Role of Ephrins in Skin Development, Maintenance and Repair

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