| ORLive Presents: Nipple Sparing Mastectomy With Reconstruction Surgery For Breast Cancer; Preserves Entire Nipple-Areola Complex As from Tuesday, October 7, watch surgeons from University Hospitals Case Medical Center perform a nipple sparing mastectomy with complete reconstruction. This breast-preserving procedure provides patients undergoing mastectomy with an excellent cosmetic outcome. Julian Kim, MD, FACS, and Hooman Soltanian, MD, will be available during this interactive panel discussion to answer any viewer questions. Dr. medicalnewstoday.com |
Cleveland Clinic Surgeons Perform Nation's First Near-Total Face Transplant A multi-disciplinary team of doctors and surgeons at Cleveland Clinic recently performed the first near-total face transplant in the United States. In a 22-hour procedure performed within the past two weeks, surgeons transplanted 80 percent of a woman's face who suffered severe facial trauma -- essentially replacing her entire face, except for her upper eyelids, forehead, lower lip and chin. medicalnewstoday.com |
2009-2010 AAOMS Officers And Trustees Installed At 91st Annual Meeting In Toronto The officers and trustees of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons' 2009- 2010 Board of Trustees were installed October 16, during the final session of the House of Delegates at the Association's 91st Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The officers and trustees of the incoming AAOMS Board of Trustees are: Ira D. Cheifetz, DMD, President. Dr. medicalnewstoday.com |
Senate Staff Raise Idea Of Taxing Indoor Tanning Salons Roll Call: "The concept of an excise tax on tanning services, which could include salon walk-ins or tanning beds and sunlamps sold for residential use, was floated in a weekend Senate staff meeting on the health bill. Officials described the idea as preliminary and not being seriously considered at this time... mnt.to |
Minx Nail Film Creates New Looks, Lots of Buzz Minx, a pop-art decal for the fingertips, has gone mainstream. nytimes.com |