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There were 1067 respondents. Fifty percent of surgeons never use anatomically shaped implants and another 42 percent do so less than half the time. Autologous fat is used infrequently as a primary technique but more often as a supplemental technique. Approximately 7 percent report a case of anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Eighty-five percent do not use preoperative three-dimensional…
By making good decisions, patient outcomes may be improved. This article aims to illustrate decision analysis techniques from the patient perspective, with an emphasis on her values and preferences. The authors introduce normative decision-making through a fictional breast reconstruction patient and systematically build the decision basis to help her make a good decision. The authors broadly identify alternatives of breast reconstruction, propose types of outcomes that…
Educating patients, empowering advocates and providing financial sponsorship for comprehensive breast reconstruction after mastectomy.
After undergoing breast lift surgery (mastopexy), women may find themselves wearing a smaller bra—with an average decrease of one bra cup size, reports a study in the July issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
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A recent study out of Denmark found that using human stem-cell fat grafts is a safe and efficient practice that might become standard for plastic and...
Plastic surgery is not just for cosmetic reasons. Facial reconstructive surgery can be for medical reasons along side of cosmetic denistry. Reconstructive plastic surgery is usually performed due to traumatic injuries. .
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When you break your nose, doctors may soon be able to 3D-print cartilage that will grow with your body.
Background: Preoccupation with a perceived appearance flaw is the main feature of body dysmorphic disorder. The majority of these patients seek and often receive some sort of cosmetic procedure, although this condition is considered to be a contraindication. This study evaluates cosmetic professi...
re are no prospective studies with standardized instruments providing sufficient data regarding the effects of aesthetic liposuction on various aspects of quality of life. Nevertheless, publications on the effects of eating habits are lacking
Methods: Sixty-one consecutive women underwent aesthetic liposuction. Three outcome measures were applied at baseline and at follow-up: the eating disorder inventory, Raitasalo's modification of the Beck depression inventory, and the 15-dimensional general…
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Reconstructive surgery is a life-changing thing for anyone, especially a young child. Consider a recent article for the Detroit Free Press titled...
Reconstructive surgery, whether elective, medically-recommended or absolutely required, sometimes involves quite a bit of physical therapy upon completion. For instance, a patient recovering from ankle surgery, shoulder surgery, hip surgery or knee surgery must relearn how to walk and/or make use of his or her body. Hundreds of thousands of reconstructive surgeries occur each year …
There is new hope for the hundreds of millions of women worldwide who have been subjected to genital mutilation. A surgeon in Penn Medicine's Center for Human Appearance has developed a reconstructive procedure that can increase sexual function and, patients' early experiences suggest, help heal the emotional and psychological wounds associated with the mutilation. Ivona Percec, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of Surgery in the division…
For the journal, 25 patients (17 males and 8 females) treated over 2005-2009 were studied for a period of five years.
But rates vary widely from state to state, and doctors worry that not all women have equal access to procedures
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