Latest - Plastic Surgery

• WSCEDAS Surgery Shows Promise for Intracranial Stenosis A phase 2a study provides preliminary evidence that EDAS surgery to reroute brain arteries, used to treat moyamoya disease, may also reduce recurrent stroke in patients with intracranial stenosis.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Case Challenge: The Many Variations of Snoring Snoring is common and potentially miserable for the patient and loved ones. These four cases illustrate the latest guidelines on evaluation and management.
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 2018
• Journal Fallout Over Controversial Stem Cell Doc's Research Just days after his former institution called for journals to retract 31 of his papers, one prominent journal has started the ball rolling.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• ASRM 2018Sperm Count and Motility Declining in United States Sperm counts and motility are on the decline in the United States, according to a longitudinal study of sperm donors, but the reasons are not clear.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Hip and Knee Surgeons to Use Apple Watch to Monitor Patients Up to 10,000 Americans due to have hip or knee replacements will be able to funnel basic health data directly from their Apple Watches to their surgeons under a new app being tested by prosthetic limb specialist Zimmer Biomet.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• 'Compelling' Data: Bariatric Surgery Saves Lives   Why are there still so many hurdles between obese patients with type 2 diabetes who would benefit from this life-saving treatment?
  Medscape, October 2018
• ASRM 2018Media Sensationalizes Small Penis Study, Upsetting Patients A poster presentation at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine meeting has attracted an inordinate amount of public attention that has offended researchers and embarrassed patients.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Calls to Retract 31 Papers by Disgraced Cardiac Stem Cell Doc Citing a need for rigorous research practices, Harvard University and Brigham & Women's Hospital are calling for the retraction of 31 papers by a former researcher and professor.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Should We Eat Chicken? Or Not? Should you think twice before digging into that chicken dinner? This editorial discusses.
  Wounds, October 2018
• Two Studies May Change View of Probiotics Results from ground-breaking research show that fecal analysis is inadequate for studying probiotics and that probiotics may harm some patients.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Should Breast Surgery Be Its Own Medical Specialty? In the US, there are medical specialty boards for thoracic surgery, orthopedic surgery, head and neck surgery, colorectal surgery, and surgery for a variety of other organs/systems. But not the breast.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Are You an Alcoholic?   Roughly 1 in 8 Americans who drink have alcohol use disorder. Are you one of them?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 2018
• ACG 2018More Biliary Disease With Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery The move toward laparoscopic bariatric surgery and the decline in bariatric surgery with concomitant cholecystectomy has led to an increase in gallstone-related complications, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• 'Fat Grafting' as a Third Option for Breast Reconstruction After 5 years of follow-up, there were no more locoregional recurrence events seen in patients who underwent autologous fat transfer than in matched controls patients.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Pathways to Rapid Wound Repair Open Door to Improved Healing Researchers have discovered why oral cavity wounds heal so rapidly. The findings may lead to more effective wound healing and less scaring in cutaneous wounds.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• The Autopsy of Dr Death: An Interview With Laura Beil Dr. Death is a podcast that explores the criminal conviction of Christopher Duntsch. Host and writer Laura Beil discusses what the case says about the medical system and how to avoid the next 'Dr Death.'
  Medscape Med Students, October 2018
• Doctor's Medical School Choice Doesn't Predict Patient Outcomes Where a doctor went to medical school in the U.S. doesn't predict how well that doctor's patients will do, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• Vitamin K2 Steps Into the Spotlight for Bone and Heart Health When it comes to osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease, this unassuming variant of vitamin K may have a lot to offer.
  Medscape, October 2018
• Nutrition and the Plastic Surgeon What can plastic surgeons do to help promote optimal nutritional status among perioperative patients?
  Plastic Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open (PRS Global Open), October 2018
• Feds Settle $24M Fraud Suit Involving Alleged Kickbacks to 63 Doctors The largest false Medicare claims recovery in Montana history involved more than 60 physicians across multiple specialties.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018