Five years of research, 29 publications.
Frank spent five years doing scientific research at Radboudumc. Below are first the themes closest to his current work, followed by the full list.
BIG-registered doctor · 29 scientific publications · Occupational health doctor
Themes close to his current work
Heart and biomarkers
Research on high-sensitivity troponin T as a predictor of cardiac revascularisation, and on heart rhythm disorders after bariatric surgery. Blood values linked to clinical decisions.
Metabolic health and GLP-1
The effect of GLP-1 on cardiac remodelling after metabolic surgery.
Psychological strain and wellbeing
Psychological distress in facial palsy and the role of psychological counselling.
Measuring outcomes and weighing evidence
Several systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and work on standardising outcome measures.
Other research
- Facial surgery and botulinum toxin
- Most of his research: the treatment of facial palsy, including with botulinum toxin, and surgical techniques of the face.
- Brain and laterality
- How people process faces and emotions, left-right differences, and how the brain adapts after nerve transfers and muscle transpositions in the face.
- E-health and telemedicine
- Digital care in plastic surgery and facial palsy.
All publications
Titles in the original language. Each title links to the article via its DOI.
- Frontalis muscle suspension for correcting the ptotic brow
- Brain plasticity and the Labbé procedure: where do we stand?
- Outcomes of temporalis muscle-based facial reanimation surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Botulinum toxin A treatment in facial palsy synkinesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Botulinum toxin treatment of the buccinator muscle in facial synkinesis: a systematic review
- A new minimally invasive, nonexcisional surgical browlift technique: study protocol
- Investigating temporalis muscle-based facial reanimation surgery: a need for standardisation of outcomes?
- The surgical anatomy of the deep temporal nerve: a cadaveric study
- The predictive power of the 14-51 ng/L high sensitive troponin T values for predicting cardiac revascularization
- E-health and telemedicine applications in plastic surgery and the treatment of facial palsy
- Laterality in modern medicine: a historical overview of animal laterality, human laterality, and current influences in clinical practice
- Deep temporal nerve transfer: a systematic review of anatomy, landmarks and clinical applications
- An overview of surgical and non-surgical treatments in lifting the eyebrow
- Measuring outcomes in facial palsy treatment: adding extra dimensions to a complex matter
- Psychological counselling in patients with a peripheral facial palsy: initial experience from an expert centre
- Cosmetic appreciation and emotional processing in patients with a peripheral facial palsy: a systematic review
- Medial canthal reconstruction of skin defects with full-thickness skin grafts
- The consequences of delayed treatment in doxorubicin extravasation
- e-Health and telemedicine implementation in facial paralysis: challenges and pitfalls
- Resection and reconstruction of a verrucous carcinoma of the right calcaneus with a medial plantar artery perforator flap
- Complications in the treatment of delayed union and chronic osteomyelitis after crural fracture
- The association between duration of peripheral facial palsy, severity, age and psychological distress
- Effects of bariatric surgery on heart rhythm disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- The effects of GLP-1 on cardiac remodelling after metabolic surgery
- Response to: QT interval shortening after bariatric surgery
- Autologous fat grafting in the treatment of painful neuroma of the hand
- Treatment of a large skull defect and brain herniation in a newborn with Adams-Oliver syndrome
- A closer look at the paralyzed face: left versus right peripheral facial palsy
- Development and psychometric evaluation of a Dutch shorter Breast Cancer Treatment Outcome Scale
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- BIG-registered doctor, BIG number 99922690601
- 29 scientific publications
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