Demographic factors including low income and living in a rural area are linked to low telemedicine literacy—which may limit access to plastic surgeons and other healthcare providers at a time of expanding use of telehealth ...
Feb 24, 2023
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Plastic surgery procedures performed to correct cleft lip and palate deformities in infants and children are economically undervalued, relative to pediatric craniofacial procedures, concludes an analysis in the March issue ...
Feb 24, 2023
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A Macquarie University study of breast implants gone wrong has found that patients with complications occurring within five years of implantation were twice as likely to have used non-certified surgeons.
Feb 13, 2023
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Measurement of plasma D-dimer levels—a test more commonly used to detect blood-clotting disorders—can provide useful information when making the difficult diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), reports a study ...
Feb 10, 2023
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For people living with epilepsy who have tried various epilepsy treatments to control their seizures with little success, there is another option. It's a surgery called resection of an epileptic focus, or resective surgery—where ...
Feb 7, 2023
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When it comes to bunions, millions of Americans are painfully familiar with the signs: Swelling, redness, a telltale bulge on the side of the big toe. Corns and calluses where other toes rub together. And pain. Lots and lots ...
Feb 6, 2023
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For people of middle age or older with a tear in the meniscus, but without a history of acute knee trauma, surgery is rarely useful. Many studies have already shown that an arthroscopic surgery, in which a doctor treats a ...
Feb 1, 2023
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Doctors have no map for how to separate conjoined twins.
Jan 31, 2023
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Dr. José Iglesias gave himself only a few seconds to admire his work.
Jan 27, 2023
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When is a surgeon not a surgeon? It's a riddle that's long puzzled regulators and consumers. But it may soon be solved.
Jan 16, 2023
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