Congratulations to Haymakers for Hope
supporting cancer research of all kinds- raising over $3 million dollars at this point!
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Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons
Just presented at the Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting; it was a great meeting and very informative! One topic that was discussed was medical 3D printing and its future- a technology was much potential! Also the latest
What is scar control and what can I do to have a scar heal the best?
Whether from a small incision or scar from a rhinoplasty to longer incisions/scars from a breast reduction or tummy-tuck / abdominoplasty procedure, a scar typically takes longer than a year to fully heal. There are several products available including vitamins
Our paper in Nature just published this week
Our research in using silk based proteins to make screws and plates that ‘melt away’ for helping fix broken bones was just published in Nature Communications this past week.. Several news outlets have written on it including the BBC, Science,
Breast reconstruction using abdominal (tummy) skin/fat
It is known that a traditional TRAM flap (transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap) reconstruction and DIEP flap (deep inferior perforator flap) reconstruction differ. By definition, a TRAM flap divides the rectus (6-pack) muscle on one or both sides during the
Red Sox World Series trophies
Here’s a fun one.. recently the Red Sox World Series trophies visited our hospital- and here they are!