| 65-Year Old Gunshot Victim Received Complex Procedure To Avoid Life-Threatening Ulcers In what is believed to be the first time in the United States, a nerve transfer was performed on a paraplegic to relieve life-threatening pressure ulcers - a common side effect associated with wheelchair-bound patients. The surgery took place on November 11, 2008, at Monmouth County Medical Center, and was performed by a team of medical professionals led by Dr. Andrew Elkwood, M.D. of the Plastic Surgery Center in Shrewsbury, NJ. medicalnewstoday.com |
Ipsen: AZZALURE(R) Approved In Spain For Aesthetic Use In The Treatment Of Glabellar Lines Galderma, the leading pharmaceutical company in dermatology, and Ipsen (Euronext: IPN), an international innovation-driven specialty pharmaceutical group, announced that Azzalure® (botulinum toxin type A manufactured by Ipsen), a local muscle relaxant specifically developed for aesthetic use, medicalnewstoday.com |
Dermatologists Now Offer Non Invasive Skin Tightening The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Dermatology is offering a new non-surgical, needle-free skin-tightening procedure that doctors say smoothes wrinkles, firms up baggy or loose skin and improves body contours. The outpatient cosmetic procedure is performed with Thermage®, a device that contours skin all over the body face, eyelids, neck, abdomen, arms, legs and more using focused radio waves. medicalnewstoday.com |
UNC Bariatric Surgery Program Receives Two Important Distinctions The bariatric surgery center at UNC Hospitals has received two important distinctions. The program has been accredited as a Level 1b facility by the Bariatric Surgery Center Network (BSCN) Accreditation Program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS)... mnt.to |
New Approach To Colon Cancer Surgery Wins Top Medical Award A Yorkshire Cancer Research scientist has earned himself a national medical award for helping pioneer life-saving surgical improvements to the way tumours are removed from colon cancer patients. Clinical researcher, Dr Nick West, 30, who works at St... mnt.to |