Quick Hits!: Facial Pain Surgery: Surgical Strategies for Treatment

Quick Hits! Facial Pain Surgery: Surgical Strategies for Treatment

Product Description

This Quick Hit provides practical insights into surgical strategies for facial pain, with an emphasis on careful diagnosis, precise pain mapping, and anatomy-guided treatment planning. Drawing from selected content originally presented at Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2024, experienced plastic surgeons share focused takeaways and technical pearls related to distinguishing nerve pain from headache or migraine, identifying potential sites of nerve compression, and selecting targeted interventions. The activity also highlights nonoperative and adjunctive measures as part of an individualized, multidisciplinary approach to facial pain management. Tailored for plastic surgeons, residents, and para-medical professionals, this Quick Hit highlights diagnostic considerations, procedural approaches, and strategies for tailoring treatment to each patient’s anatomy, symptoms, and previous procedures.

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) accredits ASPS to provide educational activities and material with Category 1 CME credits. As an official CME provider, ASPS must comply with all ACCME standards, as outlined in the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Faculty:

Lisa Gfrerer, MD, Phd

Ahmed Afifi, MD

Jonathan S. Black, MD, FACS, FAAP

Ali Totonchi, MD

Intended Audience

This educational activity is intended for plastic surgery practitioners, residents, and other healthcare professionals interested in translating expanded knowledge into practice for the improvement of patient outcomes in plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to do the following:

Differentiate nerve-related facial pain from headache and migraine based on patient history and pain patterns.
Identify relevant anatomic structures and potential sites of nerve compression associated with facial pain.
Recognize surgical, nonoperative, and adjunctive strategies used to develop individualized treatment plans for facial pain.

Lisa Gfrerer, MD, Phd; Ahmed Afifi, MD; Jonathan S. Black, MD, FACS, FAAP; Ali Totonchi, MD

The following ABMS core competencies will be addressed:

Medical Knowledge

Accreditation Statement

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Recognition Statement

The Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits offered by this activity are enhanced by ASPS Learner Credit Reporting for learners who have opted in to this reporting. Successful completion of this CME activity enables active American Board of Surgery (ABS) members the opportunity to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the ABS's Continuous Certification program when claimed within 30 days of completion of the activity.

Participants in ASPS accredited education who want their CME credits reported to certifying and state licensing boards must opt-in to reporting and add their NPI as well as state license ID and/or collaborating board ID(s) before claiming credit.

Disclosure Policy

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) requires all faculty, authors, planners, reviewers, managers, staff and other individuals in a position to control or influence the content of an activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships or affiliations. All identified conflicts of interest must be resolved and the educational content thoroughly vetted by ASPS for fair balance, scientific objectivity and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. The ASPS also requires faculty/authors to disclose when off-label/unapproved uses of a product are discussed in a CME activity or included in related materials.

Disclaimer: All relevant financial relationships for planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) are reviewed by the ASPS Continuing Education Committee and have been mitigated, if applicable.

Disclosures

The following planners and faculty members have no relevant financial relationships or affiliations to disclose:

Lisa Gfrerer, MD, Phd

Ahmed Afifi, MD

Jonathan S. Black, MD, FACS, FAAP

Ali Totonchi, MD

Additional Programs

For Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners, these credits have been designated as AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ by an ACCME-accredited organization and are applicable to these certifications. These credits/hours may be applicable to your profession. Check PlasticSurgery.org/CME for more information.

AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM: 1.5

Media: Multimedia

Release Date: 9/24/2026

Expiration Date: 9/24/2029*

Estimate time to complete this course: 1.5 hours

*Course access ends on course expiration date

Directly provided by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons® (ASPS®)