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.
Currently Dr Pratt is undertaking a PhD in Melanoma through Monash University looking at the way modern immunotherapies are shaping the future of surgery for this disease.
Publications
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Preooperative Imaging for Perforator Flaps in Reconstructive Surgery: A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Current Techniques
Pratt GF, Rozen WM, Chubb D, Ashton MW, Whitaker IS
Ann Plas Surg 69(1) 3-9 2012
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Clinical application and viability of cryopreserved cadaveric skin allografts in severe burn: a retrospective analysis.
Cleland, H., Wasiak, J., Dobson, H., Paul, M., Pratt, G. F., Paul, E., et al.
Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries, 40(1), 61–66. 2014
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Technology Assisted and Sutureless Microvascular Anastomoses: A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Current Techniques
Pratt GF, Rozen WM, Westwood A, Hancock A, Chubb D, Ashton MW, Whitaker IS.
Microsurgery 32(1), 68-76 2012
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Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Monitoring Flap Viability Following Breast Reconstruction
Whitaker IS, Pratt GF, Rozen WM, Chubb D, Ashton MW
J Reconstr Microsurg 28(3) 149-154 2012
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Modern Adjuncts and Technologies in Microsurgery: An Historical and Evidence-Based Review
Pratt, George F, Warren M Rozen, Daniel Chubb, Iain S Whitaker, Damien Grinsell, Mark W Ashton, and Rafael Acosta
Microsurgery 30(8): 657-666 2010
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Breast Reconstruction with a free DIEP flap complicated by cardiac tamponade and arrest
Pratt GF, Faris JG, Lethbridge M, Teh LG
JPRAS 2009 Mar 62(3): 73-5
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A Simple Nasal Packing Technique for Minor Nasal Surgery which Reduces Pain Associated with Removal of Packs
Pratt GF, Wilson P.
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 63(1): 84 2010
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Intractable LIMA Spasm in the Postoperative Period Treated by Placement of a ‘Bridging’ Stent
Pratt GF, Erickson M, Provenzano S, Mews G, Edwards M.
Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 Dec 86(6): 1985-7
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PET positive tattoo lymphadenopathy: a case report and literature review
Lonie S, Fong A, Gregory P, Jain M, Pratt GF
AJOPS. 2022;5(1):96-100
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Acute lumbar paraspinal compartment syndrome: a systematic review
W. Alexander MBBS; N. Low MBBS, FRACS (Plastics); G. Pratt MBBS, FRACS (Plastics)
ANZ J Surg . 2018 Sep;88(9):854-859
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Presentations
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Outcomes of hand burns in severely burnt patients- a review of 27 patients at the Victorian Adult Burns Service
Pratt GF, Lo C, Munasinghe N, Ives A, Cleland H
ANZBA 2015 Melbourne
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6 Years Experience of Lower limb Free Flaps in a Major Trauma Centre: A New Paradigm for Timing of Reconstruction
Pratt GF, Ross R, Bruscino-Raiola
ASPS Congress 2011 Gold Coast
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Cryopreserved Dermal Allografts- Clinical and Laboratory Perspectives
Pratt GF, Akbarzadeh S, Dobson H, Wasiak J, Cleland H.
RACS ASC 2011 Adelaide
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Body Contouring in Public Hospitals: A Review of 45 Cases of Abdominoplasty in 1 year
Pratt GF.
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress Perth 2010
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The Role of Ephrins in Skin Development, Maintenance and Repair
Pratt GF, Wood F
Annual State Scientific meeting of McComb Research Foundation University of Western Australia Nov 2008
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