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A team of 6 doctors and 14 fellows at the Jewish Hospital Hand Care Center completed a double hand transplant last Wednesday, replacing the hands of a patient who had suffered severe burns and loss of hand function.
According to courier-journal.com, the lead hand surgeon says he hopes the patient can recover 80 to 90 percent [...]

The da Vinci Surgical System by Intuitive Medical is a robotic surgical device that represents a tremendous technological advance in medicine.

As the availability of da Vinci robot technology increases, it will eventually allow plastic surgeons to perform more precise, less invasive plastic surgery procedures that achieve better surgical outcomes in patients.
Although the da Vinci robot [...]

The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery recently released 2009 plastic surgery statistics collected from surveys sent to more than 30,000 plastic surgeons in 25 countries.
Survey responses imply that despite the U.S. economic downturn in 2009, plastic surgery and other cosmetic medical treatments continued to be collectively more popular in the U.S. than in any [...]

German pharmaceutical company Merz recently announced that Xeomin, its wrinkle-reducing injectable botulinum toxin type A product, has been FDA-approved for use in the U.S.
Although the FDA approved Xeomin only for treating neuromuscular conditions, such as cervical dystonia and blepharospasm, it is widely assumed that Xeomin will be used off-label to treat frown lines and forehead [...]

Unlike any other specialty area of medicine, the lucrative, cash-upfront industry of cosmetic medicine seems to attract an alarming number of unqualified and unscrupulous practitioners who draw in patients by offering deep discounts then make headlines with their botched jobs.
The recent stories of Kenyatta Brown and Mayra Contreras, two women who underwent low-cost cosmetic procedures [...]

Two new medical devices designed to expand the applications of autologous fat transfer and improve the efficiency of fat graft preparation were recently granted the CE mark of approval in Europe.
The PureGraft System, which was also FDA-approved for use in the U.S. in 2010, and the Celution System represent breakthroughs in stem cell-enriched fat grafting [...]

According to a new study in the journal Annals of Plastic Surgery, female plastic surgeons are less likely to be married and more likely to be childless or to have children later in life than their male colleagues.  Yet, they work similar hours, practice about the same number of years, and appear to have similarly [...]

This week is National Women’s Health Week.  During this time, the President says we should “recommit to breaking existing barriers and improving the health of American women for generations to come.”
A proclamation issued in a presidential press release recommends several steps to help achieve these goals:
- Lead healthy lives and set an example for younger [...]

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2009 statistics are now available from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Based on member surveys collected earlier this year, the Academy offers some insight about the future of facial plastic surgery.

Trends and Comparisons to 2008
With the obvious rise in non-surgical cosmetic enhancement, the overall number of procedures performed by facial [...]