From Ancient Nose Reconstructions to Modern Operating Rooms: A New Series Traces the History of Plastic Surgery
A new open access editorial in BMC Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery launches a focus series on the history of plastic ...
Tag: microsurgery
Flesh-Eating Infection Destroyed a Man’s Thumb: Surgeons Rebuilt His Hand With Tissue From His Thigh
Surgeons in Qatar report a rare case of flesh-eating necrotizing fasciitis that destroyed a diabetic man's thumb and required staged ...
Surgeons in Kenya Prove Complex Limb-Saving Microsurgery Works in Resource-Limited Settings
A Kenyan case series of fourteen lower extremity free flap reconstructions shows that limb-saving microsurgery can achieve outcomes matching high-income ...
From Embroidery Thread to the Microscope: How Surgeons Learn to Teach the Smallest Stitches
A new narrative review traces a century of microsurgical education from Alexis Carrel's haberdashery thread to modern simulation, arguing that ...
Tiny Sentinel Skin Island Offers Simple Way to Watch Hidden Flaps Heal
Surgeons have described a small perforator-based sentinel skin island that allows direct clinical monitoring of buried radial artery forearm free ...
Lip Reconstruction in Sudan Yields Good Results for Small Defects, Struggles With Large Ones
A first-of-its-kind Sudanese cohort study of 60 patients shows that small lip defects can be reconstructed with outcomes matching global ...
Hand-Sewn Suture Technique Achieves Coupler-Level Vessel Results in Head and Neck Rebuilds
Japanese surgeons report a standardized hand-sewn vessel connection technique that reproduces the intima-to-intima benefits of mechanical couplers with zero flap ...
A Night With a Surgical Video Cuts Errors in the Microsurgery Lab
A randomized pilot study at Columbia University found that watching a microsurgery training video the night before hands-on practice reduced ...
Training the Teachers: New Curriculum Aims to Standardize Microsurgery Education
A pilot Train-the-Trainer curriculum at Columbia University offers one of the first structured frameworks for preparing microsurgery instructors and standardizing ...
How a Stab Wound in 1884 Gave Rise to Korea’s Plastic Surgery Empire
A new narrative review traces Korean plastic and reconstructive surgery from a missionary surgeon's emergency treatment of a stab wound ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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