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Breast Reconstruction and Coronavirus Pandemic
For breast cancer, partial and total breast reconstruction reduce patient's sensation of mutilation, improving their quality of life. On the other hand, the pandemic of the...
5 hours ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery - 3 articles
Black women with breast cancer experience delayed, longer treatment than whites, study finds
One in seven black women with breast cancer had delays in starting treatment, and black women also had extended duration of treatment, according to a study led by UNC...
2 days ago - UNC Healthcare - 2 articles
Oncological safety and complication risks of mastectomy with or without breast reconstruction: A Bayesian analysis
: Currently, breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomy have three surgical options: mastectomy only and reconstruction at the time of mastectomy or at a later time. To...
6 days ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery - 4 articles
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Microsurgery Fellowships
The COVID-19 pandemic, has had an unprecedented effect on the NHS, but also across global healthcare systems. This level of disruption and redesigning of plastic surgery...
6 days ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery - 4 articles
Bilateral Immediate Two Stage Breast Reconstruction In Patients With Unilateral Breast Cancer: Outcomes Analysis And Risk Assessment
Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy has the potential to decrease the occurrence of cancer and reduce psychological burden. However, it is known that complications after...
6 days ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery - 4 articles
Creating a ‘safe haven' for the most vulnerable; Early Reports of Management Strategies for Breast Cancer Patients in the UK during the COVID -19 Pandemic times
The pandemic infection due to the new COVID-19 has led to drastic changes in the delivery of standard of healthcare in the UK and worldwide by extension. The unprecedented...
6 days ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery - 2 articles
Plastic surgical management of skin cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
We present our management of urgent skin cancer referrals during the COVID-19 pandemic through the utilisation of an independent plastic surgery treatment centre. During this...
6 days ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery - 4 articles
Impact of the COVID -19 pandemic on the organisation of breast reconstruction in France
In the setting of the health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic, oncological societies edited guidelines to focus on breast cancer management at the expense of breast...
6 days ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Letter to the Editor regarding - “Poorly differentiated cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas have high incomplete excision rates with UK minimum recommended pre-determined surgical margins”
We read with great interest the recently published “Poorly differentiated cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas have high incomplete excision rates with UK minimum recommended...
7 days ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Ramsden, Gupta awarded 5-year, $8.8 million grant to study an enzyme that has important implications for breast and ovarian cancer
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a team led by UNC Lineberger's Dale Ramsden, PhD, professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, a...
11 days ago - UNC Healthcare - 3 articles
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Cosmetic injectables on the rise as patients rush to fix their ‘Zoom-face'
In the age of Zoom meetings physical appearance has become more important to us than ever before.
Response to “Re “Impact of MSLT-II on lymph node clearance surgery in a...
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Response to: “A survey of current burns knowledge in UK undergraduate...
As medical students in the United Kingdom with a keen interest in burns management, it is with great interest that we read the article by Moorby et al.1 “A survey of current...
Looking ahead to a trauma service with COVID-19
We read with interest about the implementation of a one-stop hand trauma clinic at the Royal Free Hospital 1 and the correspondence from Leeds Teaching Hospitals regarding...
Re: Anatomical Location of the primary tumour and its relationship to...
We read with interest the article by Dale et al and it provides a valuable addition to the literature.1 The evidence regarding optimal neck dissection for regional control of...
Contemporary evidence of art's relevance to the modern plastic surgeon
I read with enthusiasm the article by Baldwin on “The historical relationship between art and plastic surgery: Is this relationship still relevant to the modern plastic...
Reusing tableware can reduce waste from online food deliveries
In China, approximately 10 billion online food orders were served to over 400 million customers in 2018. All of these orders came in single-use plastic packaging, with...
I Have A Drawer Containing Pieces Of My Kids' Bodies - And I Bet You Do Too
Whenever one of my kids has lost a tooth , I've always had them put it in a plastic baggie on their nightstand in plain sight rather than floating freely under their pillow...
Dermatologists' Key Role in Transforming Transgender Patients
What dermatologists provide on an aesthetic level through noninvasive or minimally invasive procedures can have a big impact in helping that transformation. Medscape Medical News
Two-person screening of mental well being before primary breast...
Patients choosing aesthetic surgery are asymptomatic individuals opting for surgery. Psychologists and surgeons have been interested in identifying characteristics of these...