Medical Tourism and Postoperative Infections: A Systematic Literature Review of Causative Organisms and Empiric Treatment
Conclusions:
When encountering a patient with a history of medical tourism and treatment-refractory infection, rapidly growing mycobacteria must be considered. To increase the likelihood of yielding a diagnostic organism, multiple acid-fast bacilli cultures from fluid and débridement content should be performed. There has been reported success in treating rapidly growing mycobacterial infections with a combination of antibiotics including clarithromycin, amikacin, and moxifloxacin. (Source: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Source: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - November 29, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Plastic Surgery Focus: Special Topics Source Type: research
“Postoperative care of bariatric medical tourism: A public health concern”
Background: Despite considerable evidence supporting the efficacy of bariatric surgery, poor insurance coverage in the United States restricts access to the procedure, encouraging medical tourism. There is no long-term postoperative (PO) care from foreign health services for bariatric medical tourists (BMTs). Consequently, BMTs become the responsibility of US physicians after bariatric surgery abroad. We are using the experience of a patient who returned from Mexico with PO complications to illustrate public health consequences of medical tourism. (Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases)
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - November 1, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: LaRae Seemann, Jaine L McKenzie, Karen R Draper, L. Renee Hilton Source Type: research
Breast Implant Mycobacterial Infections: An Epidemiologic Review and Outcome Analysis
Conclusions:
The emergence of periprosthetic mycobacterial infections in relation to cosmetic medical tourism alerts clinicians to the importance of educating the public about the associated risks. In addition, this study identifies risk factors associated with recurrence of periprosthetic mycobacterial infections. (Source: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)
Source: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - October 26, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Breast: Original Articles Source Type: research
The Price of Medical Tourism: The Legal Implications of Surgery Abroad
Summary:
Medical tourism, or traveling abroad to obtain medical services, has evolved into a global health care phenomenon, with over 15 million U.S. patients each year seeking medical care internationally, representing a $50 billion dollar industry in 2017. Speculation and media fascination about the growing industry, diverse destinations, and rationale behind the medical tourists is rampant; however, the legal implications of tourism medicine, particularly when it goes wrong, are often unclear. On the international stage, accreditation agencies are limited in scope and practice, legal jurisdiction is difficult to estab...
Source: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - October 1, 2018 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Plastic Surgery Focus: Special Topics Source Type: research
Impact of Bariatric Medical Tourism on US Health Care Utilization: A University Hospital Experience
Americans are engaging in medical tourism, international travel for medical care, for bariatric procedures. Bariatric tourism patients with complications may have inadequate continuity of care. Additionally, many insurance companies deny coverage for treatment of complications of operations done abroad without preauthorization. This can be personally and financially devastating for patients and costly for hospital systems. We evaluated the health care utilization of patients with complications of bariatric surgical tourism. (Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons)
Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - October 1, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Tiffany Cheung, Paul Stetsyuk, Andrew B. Lederman Tags: Scientific poster presentations Source Type: research
Government roles in regulating medical tourism: evidence from Guatemala
Regulation of the medical tourism and public health sectors overlap in many instances, raising questions of how patient safety, economic growth, and health equity can be protected. The case of Guatemala is use... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - September 20, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ronald Labont é, Valorie A. Crooks, Alejandro Cerón Valdés, Vivien Runnels and Jeremy Snyder Tags: Research Source Type: research
Introduction: Medical tourism or movement for healthcare? Reflections on (inter-)national cross-border mobility
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Source: Global Public Health - September 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Margret Frenz Source Type: research
Mycobacterium abscessus Complex Cutaneous Infection
AbstractPurpose of ReviewThe worldwide increase in skin infections due toMycobacterium abscessus, especially in Latin America, and its difficult diagnosis and treatment, makes a review of literature crucial in reminding and updating physicians about its presentation, diagnosing techniques, and management.Recent FindingsOutbreaks are associated with cosmetic surgeries and medical tourism, but any kind of skin lesion can become infected presenting as negative typical cultures and unsuccessful empirical treatments; therefore, a high clinical suspicion is required. Molecular techniques are promising new diagnosing alternatives...
Source: Current Tropical Medicine Reports - September 1, 2018 Category: Tropical Medicine Source Type: research
Nontuberculous mycobacteria infection risk in medical tourism
The increasing popularity of medical tourism among US citizens has led to the rising incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections from cosmetic surgery performed in other countries. Clinicians must be aware of these infections and the potential difficulties in treating them. The most common NTM species isolated from cutaneous infections in medical tourists is Mycobacterium abscessus. Because many NTM species are antibiotic resistant, combination therapy is needed to combat skin and soft-tissue NTM infections in patients who had cosmetic procedures performed in foreign countries. (Source: Journal of the America...
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants - July 27, 2018 Category: Primary Care Tags: Special Article Source Type: research
A critical examination of empowerment discourse in medical tourism: the case of the dental tourism industry in Los Algodones, Mexico
Medical tourism is a term used to describe the phenomenon of individuals intentionally traveling across national borders to privately purchase medical care. The medical tourism industry has been portrayed in t... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - July 20, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Krystyna Adams, Jeremy Snyder, Valorie A. Crooks and Nicole S. Berry Tags: Research Source Type: research
“I didn’t have to prove to anybody that I was a good candidate”: a case study framing international bariatric tourism by Canadians as circumvention tourism
Medical tourism is a practice where patients travel internationally to purchase medical services. Medical tourists travel abroad for reasons including costly care, long wait times for care, and limited availab... (Source: BMC Health Services Research)
Source: BMC Health Services Research - July 20, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Carly Jackson, Jeremy Snyder, Valorie A. Crooks and M. Ruth Lavergne Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Medical tourism and national health care systems: an institutionalist research agenda
Although a growing body of literature has emerged to study medical tourism and address the policy challenges it creates for national health care systems, the comparative scholarship on the topic remains too li... (Source: Globalization and Health)
Source: Globalization and Health - July 16, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Daniel B éland and Amy Zarzeczny Tags: Debate Source Type: research
The top 10 arthroplasty articles published in last 10 years by Indian authors
Publication date: January–March 2018Source: Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, Volume 9, Issue 1Author(s): Raju Vaishya, Mohit Kumar Patralekh, Anuj Raj Bijukchhe, Abhishek Vaish, Vipul Vijay, Amit Kumar AgarwalAbstractJoint replacement surgery is becoming increasingly popular globally and recently,in India. The phenomenon of medical tourism has also contributed to increasing number of arthroplasty surgeries being done every year in our country. The surgeons who work in this highly specialized field of orthopedic surgery, have been publishing their research work in reputed journals. In this paper, we have di...
Source: Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma - July 10, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research
