| New Study Finds Many Breast Cancer Patients Are Not Receiving The Most Advanced Breast Conserving Surgical Techniques New surgical techniques have dramatically improved the aesthetic results of mastectomy without sacrificing outcomes. Properly placed incisions and skin-sparing, or breast skin conserving, surgical approaches provide women undergoing biopsy and surgical treatment for breast cancer with the best option for appropriate cancer eradication while still permitting reconstruction of a more natural looking breast. medicalnewstoday.com |
Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ) Accepted For Indexing By The National Library Of Medicine (NLM) Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ), an official peer-reviewed publication of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), has been accepted for indexing by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in MEDLINE/PubMed (http://www.pubmed.gov), the world's most widely accessed medical database. medicalnewstoday.com |
BJOG Release: Study Raises Concerns About Cosmetic Labial Surgery New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology reviews the available literature on cosmetic labial surgery and underlines the striking lack of evidence on the safety and long-term consequences of such procedures. The authors caution that medically nonessential surgery to the labia is being promoted to women, while no data on clinical effectiveness exist. medicalnewstoday.com |
Plastic Surgeons Offer Microsurgery Technique For Breast Reconstruction, Tummy Tuck After Mastectomy Since her teens, Jennifer Jablon had watched family members deal with breast cancer during their 40s, 50s, and 60s. She wondered whether it would be her fate too. In her mid-50s, Jennifer's mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and tested positive for the recently identified BRCA1 gene, indicating a genetic predisposition to breast cancer... mnt.to |
Bogus Plastic Surgeon Carried Out Breast Exams In Bar A woman who apparently used to be a man pretended to be a plastic surgeon so that she could carry out breast exams of strangers in a bar. Kristina Ross, 37, fooled the women with her medical jargon, probably picked up during her own breast augmentation procedures required for her sex change... mnt.to |