American Society Of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Oct. 31- Nov. 5
From innovative facial reanimation procedures that restore patients' ability to smile to new data suggesting it may be safe and effective to use fat injections to enhance breast reconstruction results, the latest research, procedures, and technologies will be presented at Plastic Surgery 2008, the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The meeting, held Oct. 31 - Nov. medicalnewstoday.com |
Are Breast Cancer Patients Being Kept In The Dark?
Despite the increase of breast reconstruction procedures performed in 2008, nearly 70 percent of women who are eligible for the procedure are not informed of the reconstructive options available to them, according to a recently published report. Newly released statistics by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) shows there were more than 79,000 breast reconstruction procedures performed in 2008 - a 39 percent increase over 2007. medicalnewstoday.com |
TransEnterix Announces Positive First-in-Man Results With New Laparoscopic Surgical Platform
Officials with TransEnterix announce that surgeons from the United States and Paraguay have successfully performed first-in-man studies of its revolutionary single-incision, single-port, four-channel laparoscopic surgical platform called the SPIDER™ System. The SPIDER System - short for Single Port Instrument Delivery Extended Reach - allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive abdominal surgeries entirely through the umbilicus, leaving no visible scar. medicalnewstoday.com |
Need A Lift? New Non-Surgical Techniques For Volume Enhancement And Loose Skin Help Rejuvenate The Aging Face
Open any beauty magazine and it seems as though all the models have full, pronounced cheeks and a firm, tight jaw line. In contrast, aging causes a loss of volume across the middle of the face, resulting in a flattened or sunken cheek structure with sagging jowls that can make the face appear drawn, tired and old... mnt.to |
Orthopaedic Foot And Ankle Surgeons Changing Lives In Vietnam
This year marks the 9th Annual Surgical Outreach Project to Vietnam by members of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS). Since the first project in 2002, the AOFAS surgeons have transformed the lives of more than 600 Vietnamese children and adults with lower extremity deformities and disabilities through corrective surgery... mnt.to |