Scott Spear, MD: The Surgeon Who Saved One Million Nipples (and Counting)
The October 2015 cover story features Scott Spear, MD, an early champion of nipple-sparing mastectomy.
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BioAesthetics Announces Additional Clinical Study for NACgraft
BioAesthetics Corp. announces an additional clinical study for the BioAesthetics NACgraft Acellular Allograft that will investigate its performance in subpopulations of breast cancer survivors and other individuals needing nipple reconstruction.
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Influencing the Industry: How to Decide if You Need a Lip Flip or Lip Filler
To (lip) flip or not to flip, that’s the question many patients are asking their plastic surgeons. But the decision between treatment options—lip flip, lip filler, or both—is multifaceted. And personal, plastic surgeons say.
Reputation of Breast Reconstruction Surgeon Outweighs Demographics
When selecting a surgeon to perform breast reconstruction after mastectomy, most women rate reviews and personal recommendations as more important than demographic factors, suggests a new study.
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Women’s Satisfaction After Breast Reconstruction Varies with Quality-of-Life Ratings
For nearly 40% of women after breast reconstruction, perceptions are substantially better or worse compared to ratings by third-party observers, concludes a study in the July issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
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Breast Reconstruction Feature Honored
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) announces that its “By Design: Breast Reconstruction Surgery” production won a gold medal in the General Non-Broadcast sector in the 43rd Annual Telly Awards.
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Surgeons Develop Technique to Reduce Adam’s Apple Without Neck Scar
Physicians at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Gender Health Program have developed a technique to reduce an Adam’s apple bump without leaving a scar on the patient’s neck.
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Influencing the Industry: Some Women Want Flat Chests After Mastectomy. Some Surgeons Don’t Go Along.
Despite the commonly held view that women who undergo breast reconstruction after mastectomy are happier than their flat counterparts, one physician’s research is challenging this belief.
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Minimally Invasive Surgery Provides New Option to Guide Skull Shape in Infants with Complex Craniosynostosis
An innovative, minimally-invasive surgical approach can improve head shape while enabling normal brain development in infants with complex types of the skull deformity craniosynostosis, reports a paper in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.
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Researchers Conduct Human Ear Reconstruction Using 3D-Bioprinted Living Tissue Implant
3DBio Therapeutics and the Microtia-Congenital Ear Deformity Institute announce that they have conducted a human ear reconstruction using the AuriNovo implant, an investigational, patient-matched, 3D-bioprinted living tissue ear implant.
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Influencing the Industry: Man with Facial Paralysis Wiggles Eyebrows for First Time, Melts Hearts
A 24-year-old Georgia man has gone viral on Reddit for wiggling his eyebrows. To some, this may seem insignificant. But for Justin Stark, who fell from a three-story balcony last fall and broke every bone in his face, this feat represents a major milestone in his recovery from facial reconstruction surgery.
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A Conversation with Dr. Constance Chen: Sensory Restoration in Breast Reconstruction
Podcast hosts Keri Stephens and Alison Werner talk to Dr Chen about the sensory restoration procedure and how it can be life-changing for breast reconstruction patients.
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GC Aesthetics Launches Nipple Areola Complex Reconstruction Implant in Europe
GC Aesthetics, Inc., a privately held medical technology company providing healthcare aesthetic solutions, has launched FixNip™ NRI, a nipple areola complex reconstruction implant, in certain European markets.
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Influencing the Industry: How Hoda Kotb Learned to Be ‘Happy’ with Her Mastectomy Scars
Seeing their scars for the first time can be jarring for mastectomy patients—something broadcast journalist Hoda Kotb knows firsthand. On a recent episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna, Kotb opened up about her 2007 breast cancer diagnosis and resulting mastectomy and reconstruction surgeries.
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Preventing Cancer Patients from Undergoing ‘Unnecessary’ Mastectomies
Too many women are getting unnecessary mastectomies and other invasive procedures because of a knowledge gap about differences in cancer genes. A new study offers a path to closing the gap.
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Sensory Restoration in Breast Reconstruction: A New Reality
Once upon a time, when a woman underwent mastectomy, her options for breast reconstruction were limited. Not only was access to a plastic surgeon who could perform breast reconstruction limited, but the expected outcomes for the woman and the plastic surgeon were not always aligned. That’s not the case anymore, thanks to sensory restoration techniques.
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Surgeons Develop Effective Scarless Adam’s Apple Surgery
University of California, San Francisco surgeons have developed and demonstrated the technical feasibility and clinical efficacy of a novel scarless transoral chondrolaryngoplasty procedure.
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Plastic Surgeons Add Hidden Value for Hospitals, Study Finds
Plastic surgeons play an key as consultants in complex reconstructive surgery cases—providing a major contribution to the bottom line for academic medical centers, according to a new study.
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