Latest - Plastic Surgery

• Alert Cardinal Health Surgical Gowns May Not Be Sterile, FDA Warns Facilities should immediately stop using Level 3 surgical gowns made by Cardinal Health, and PreSource procedural packs that contain the gowns, because of sterility concerns.
  News Alerts, January 17, 2020
• New Body-Sculpting Method Zaps Fat With Injected Ice Slurry An experimental fat-selective mixture reduced thickness of adipose tissue by as much as 55% and fat volume by almost 3 cm3.
  Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2020
• Dermatitis After 2-Octyl Cyanoacrylate Exposure Cyanoacrylate-based adhesives are commonly used in wound closure, but cases of contact dermatitis associated with the use of these products have been reported.
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, January 17, 2020
• Doctor Lets Patients 'Pay' for Surgeries With Volunteer Service Surgeon donates his time and asks only that patients and a team of people the patient recruits do hundreds of hours of service with two partner charities.
  Medscape Medical News, January 16, 2020
• Breast Conservation After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Less Common in US Than Elsewhere Neoadjuvant systemic therapy can facilitate breast conservation in certain women with stage II and III operable breast cancer. But compared to other countries, significantly fewer women in the United States make such a choice.
  Reuters Health Information, January 14, 2020
• Autologous Cell Harvesting and Processing Devices for Burns What benefits do autologous cell harvesting and processing devices offer in the treatment of burn injuries in children?
  Wounds, January 15, 2020
• An Ongoing Cover-Up: Docs With Tattoos and Body Piercings As tattoos and piercings become increasingly common, institutions are being forced to rethink their policies. Where is the line between allowing individual expression and requiring professionalism?
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2020
• 10 Ways Doctors Lose Patients and Respect on Social Media Physicians often enjoy using social media for personal or professional reasons, but a single ill-considered post can drive patients away and could even threaten a career.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2020
• Prominent Surgeon Dies 'Trapped by Flames' in Australia Fires Dr Clayton Lang, a hand surgery specialist, and his father were returning to their property on Kangaroo Island after fighting a nearby fire and were trapped when the island blaze swept over a highway.
  Medscape Medical News, January 06, 2020
• Estimating Benefits of Therapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Based on the new evidence, which loco-regional and systemic therapies have the most impact on risk of recurrence and overall survival in early breast cancer?
  Annals of Oncology, January 06, 2020
• House Calls for Homebound Patients: Has Their Time Come? Can you really provide the same care in a home that you can in an office visit? Yes, say these experienced house call physicians.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2020
• A Comparison of Fat Graft Processing Techniques How do these two commonly used methods of fat graft processing compare in terms of outcomes and efficacy?
  Plastic Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open (PRS Global Open), December 30, 2019
• Skin Burns: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches In this review, the pathophysiology of skin burns and treatment options for these wounds are discussed.
  Wounds, December 25, 2019
• The Benefits of the Exsurco Medical Amalgatome SD What benefits might the Amalgatome SD device bring to the field of wound treatment?
  ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery, December 24, 2019
• New Guidance on Care of Transgender Persons for Non-Experts Two leaders of transgender medicine outline best practice contemporary care for the non-expert community to help address the knowledge gap, as more primary care physicians encounter patients.
  Medscape Medical News, December 23, 2019
• Alert FDA OKs First Tazarotene Lotion (Arazlo) for Acne Vulgaris Arazlo is the first tazarotene acne treatment available in lotion form, and has been shown to provide strong efficacy with favorable tolerability, the company said.
  FDA Approvals, December 19, 2019
• Elephant in the OR: The Surgeon-Anesthesiologist Relationship A patient's passing comment about shortness of breath alerted an anesthesiologist to a condition that led him to cancel her elective surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2019
• Get Book-Smart: Medscape Prescribes 2019's Best Nonfiction A holiday guide to the most-compelling recent reads.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 19, 2019
• Split-Thickness Skin Grafting for Foot and Ankle Wounds What have we learned about lower extremity wound healing among patients with peripheral arterial disease who underwent split-thickness skin grafting?
  Wounds, December 18, 2019
• Patient Decision-Making and Satisfaction in Plastic Surgery Might individual patient decision-making styles impact satisfaction after facial plastic surgery procedures?
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, December 17, 2019