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French face transplant stirs controversy In late November, a team of surgeons led by Dr. Bernard Devauchelle, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.S., head of maxillofacial surgery, CHU Amiens, transplanted the lips, chin and nose of a cadaver donor to a female patient. The woman had been mauled by her dog in May, according to Benoit Lengele, M.D., Ph.D., a member of the surgical team and professor of anatomy and reconstructive microsurgery at the Catholic University of Louvain in Brussels, Belgium.
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Conscious sedation avoids risks of general anesthesia The reduced risk inherent in the use of conscious sedation is a benefit that is appealing to both patients and surgeons.
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Post-bariatric breast management rarely straightforward Breast problems faced by patients who have undergone massive weight loss rarely lend themselves to easy solutions, says a leading cosmetic surgeon in this field.
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Preventing abdominoplasty complications with progressive tension sutures According to Drs. Harlan and Todd Pollock, a suture technique they developed has virtually eliminated the most common abdominoplasty complication, seroma formation, while shortening convalescence.
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Scar prevention: from laboratory discovery to development of novel pharmaceuticals Wounds in early mammalian embryos heal without scar formation. During development, the embryo gradually loses this ability and transitions to an adult wound healing response.
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Unique gland-suturing technique helps improve neck aesthetics, surgeon says




World's second partial face transplant patient doing well in China




Early PDL tx improves scar appearance in phototypes I-IV

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May 2008

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Southern Medical Association Presents Advances in Medicine 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee

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Component Separation For Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Webcast

November 2007

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New Physician Resource for Practice Management, Clinical Decision Support and Patient Care

October 2007

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