Keri Stephens talks to Michael Tantillo, MD, MBA, a board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of Clareo Centers in Massachusetts, about the popular trend of buccal fat removal. The conversation covers what the procedure is, how it works, and its benefits and risks.
Surgeons at Delray Medical Center have published early clinical experience with SMART, a scaffold-based reconstructive technique designed for selected complete muscle transection injuries where suturing alone may be mechanically unreliable. Published in PRS Global Open, the report describes six cases with no construct failures or wound complications reported during available follow-up.
