Aesthetic
Nonprofit group cleaning up plastic waste from Great Pacific Garbage Patch
5 monthes ago | By Natural News
The removal of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now well underway, thanks to the efforts of Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit geared towards cleaning the world's oceans. The cleanup, made possible by a large device designed by Ocean Cleanup founder and CEO Boyan Slat, successfully captured and held debris ranging from...
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Living Flat After Mastectomy: What Patients Are Saying About Flat Closure
In a study by the Journal of Clinical Oncology , roughly 25% of double-mastectomy patients and 50% of single-mastectomy patients opt out of reconstructive surgery. And experts... Read more ...
Crowded cities need green grass, not plastic turf
People are fighting back against the seemingly unstoppable rise of synthetic grass fields across our cities. Read more ...
"Lost" ocean microplastics might be accumulating in estuaries, coastal...
Marine microplastic pollution is a pervasive problem. Microplastics are small plastic fragments that form when larger pieces of plastic debris in aquatic environments break... Read more ...
A 45-degree Upward Tension-Releasing Epicanthoplasty, Performed in 712...
Medial epicanthoplasty is commonly used to enhance the aesthetic outcomes of double-eyelid operations in Asia. However, epicanthoplasty can cause problems, such as scarring and... Read more ...
Long-term Follow-up and Trends in Breast Augmentation in 527 Transgender...
Background: Transgender women and transfeminine spectrum non-binary individuals may opt for breast augmentation. The aim of the study was to analyze complications, surgical... Read more ...
Three-dimensional video scanning, planning and printing to optimize...
Autologous costal cartilage remains the gold standard for auricular reconstruction, both for total and sub-total auricular defects1, 2. The carving of the three-dimensional... Read more ...
PREPECTORAL IMMEDIATE BREAST RECONSTRUCTION WITH POLYURETHANE FOAM-COATED...
There is a renewed interest for prepectoral reconstruction. We aimed to describe the feasibility and the early complications associated with immediate one stage... Read more ...
Acute Limb Shortening or Creation of an Intentional Deformity to Aid in Soft...
: Ring fixator techniques can precisely correct complex long bone deformities. In select patients, controlled shortening or intentional fracture deformation with delayed... Read more ...
Didactic principles in plastic surgery training
As in all other fields, mentoring in plastic surgery is reflected by the capability of the teacher to teach and the capacity of the student to learn. The process of mentoring... Read more ...
“Donor Site Morbidity After Sural Nerve Grafting: A Systematic Review”
Background: Understanding the morbidity of sural nerve harvest is important when counseling patients regarding nerve grafts. Existing data consists of small studies with... Read more ...