Reply: Financial Conflicts of Interest: An Association between Funding and Findings in Plastic Surgery

Sir: We would like to thank Dr. Pan and colleagues for their thoughtful comments regarding our article.1 There are several key issues that need to be fully explored before we can determine the full impact of conflicts of interest in plastic surgery research. As Pan et al. describe, industry support of basic and clinical research is becoming more common due to decreasing governmental support.2 Accordinkg to Moses and Dorsey, more than 62 percent...