Surgical Electricity Used to Molecularly Reshape Tissues
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Occidental College have identified and are studying a new way performing surgery using electricity. Some tissues, such as the ears, cornea, and joints, have a collagen-rich extracellular matrix that can be manipulated using an electric current.
The idea is that if you deform a piece of tissue, such as bending an ear, and apply an electric current through the deformed area, the stress within the tissue is released. The ear will now stay bent, and the effect seems to be permanent.
The researchers have been doing this to rabbit ears and have been perfecting the technique...
Source: Medgadget - April 3, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: ENT Plastic Surgery Source Type: blogs
Electronic Wound Monitoring Bandage Tracks Lactate, Oxygen Levels
Healing large and complex wounds requires vigilant monitoring and frequent dressing changes. This generally means pain, might require general anesthesia, and can even be emotionally disturbing to patients. A less invasive method of wound monitoring, that lets the wounds remain undisturbed, is badly needed.
As wounds heal, the chemical composition of their environment changes. A couple of the chemicals whose concentrations vary around the wound are lactate and oxygen, so they can serve as biomarkers of wound healing. Researchers at Binghamton University have now developed a flexible electronic sensor, which looks like a ban...
Source: Medgadget - April 2, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Diagnostics Materials Medicine Plastic Surgery Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Electrospinning Gun Protects Wounds with Nanofiber Mesh
An Israeli company called Nanomedic has begun showing off its impressive device for applying an electrospun material to the surface of wounds. Electrospinning involves using electricity to produce extremely fine polymer threads. This technology is almost always used during manufacturing.
The SpinCare product is the first portable electrospinning device and it can lay down a thin bed of nano-scale fibers over the entire surface of a wound. The material protects the wound while working as a medium, mimicking the extra cellular matrix, within which healing can take place and cells proliferate.
The fibers themselves can be inf...
Source: Medgadget - April 1, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Dermatology Nanomedicine Plastic Surgery Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
FDA Considers Patient Decision Aids for Cosmetic Surgery Devices
I was delighted to see this speaker, this afternoon, encourage the FDA to endorse the use of patient decision aids. Even better, she is developing a process for certifying PDAs as a way to improve the effectiveness of informed consent in breast implant... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - March 25, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Device Helps Make Incisions Along Skin Tension Lines to Reduce Scarring
Surgeons working on delicate areas and visible areas of the body, particularly in plastic and cosmetic surgery, have to keep in mind the direction of skin tension lines. These are formed by collagen fibers that are aligned within the dermis of the skin. If incisions are made against the grain, more visible scars will be a result.
Sometimes it’s hard to tell the direction of skin tension lines, so there are printed surface maps that are used, but individual patients may have their tension lines grow differently than in most people. There are also devices that can estimate the direction of these lines, but these requ...
Source: Medgadget - March 21, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Plastic Surgery Source Type: blogs
Scarless Labiaplasty: Is a Non-surgical Labiaplasty Right for You?
Christine Hamori, MD, is pleased to announce an additional option to her non-surgical vaginal rejuvenation and women ’s health and wellness treatments at her plastic surgery practice in Duxbury, Massachusetts on Boston ' s South Shore.Votiva (also called Femtite), from In Mode, is based on FDA-cleared technology approved for soft tissue coagulation. Votiva combines gentle volumetric heating with fractional treatment, and with FormaV is used to treat sexual dysfunction or as an adjunct to Kegel exercises for the tightening of pelvic muscles. Scarless labiaplasty and vaginal rejuvenationTogether, these technologies al...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - March 19, 2019 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: accutite boston femtite massachusetts scarless labiaplasty vaginal rejuvenation Source Type: blogs
Handheld Skin Bioprinter Heals Deep Open Wounds With Patient ’s Own Cells
The human organism has a number of physiologic processes that work together to heal skin wounds. Sometimes wounds are so large and difficult that these healing mechanisms simply can’t access damaged tissues. Researchers at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina are now reporting the development of a bioprinter that uses a patient’s own skin cells to heal wounds faster and more consistently.
The device is loaded with dermal fibroblasts and epidermal keratinocytes harvested and grown from the patient’s own skin. A scan is performed of the wound, which provides a three-dimensional...
Source: Medgadget - March 11, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Genetics Materials Plastic Surgery Source Type: blogs
Thinking about rhinoplasty?
A rhinoplasty, or nose job, is surgery performed to alter the way your nose functions and looks. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, nearly 220,000 rhinoplasties are performed yearly, making this the most common facial plastic surgery procedure. Rhinoplasty can simultaneously help you improve breathing and achieve a more balanced appearance.
Is rhinoplasty right for me?
A common medical reason for rhinoplasty is difficulty breathing through the nose. Nasal obstruction can cause problems with exercise, disturb sleep, contribute to snoring and sleep apnea, or interfere with other activities. If medical tre...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David A. Shaye, MD, MPH Tags: Cosmetic surgery Ear, nose, and throat Source Type: blogs
March Specials in the Skin Spa
Specials in the Skin Spa for March include the following.Coolsculpting - Purchase one area of Coolsculpting and get another area of equal or lesser value at 50% off. (Both areas must be done same day.)Vivace Fractional Microneedling - Purchase a package of 3 full face and neck Vivace treatments and receive your chest treatment free. (Cannot be combined with Feb. special.)Laser Genesis - Receive a free IPL Photorejuvenation with the purchase of a Laser Genesis treatment (a $250 savings). (Both treatments must be done same day.)15% OffViPeels15% OffLaser Skin Treatments with Cutera ExcelV (15 or 30 minute treatments).L...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - March 4, 2019 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Skin Spa Specials Source Type: blogs
A plastic surgeon explains the dangers of the Brazilian butt lift
The Brazilian butt lift (BBL) is a procedure that enhances the buttocks through fat transfer. Excess fat is harvested from other areas of the body including the abdomen, hips, lower back and thighs through liposuction. BBL is a popular procedure for those seeking to enhance their bodies. However, with the recent reports of patient deaths […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 28, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/patrick-hsu" rel="tag" > Patrick Hsu, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Surgery Source Type: blogs
Instagram Influencers Promote Prescription Drugs; FDA's Continuing Monitoring
The FDS has warned pharmaceutical companies in the past about their use of paid surrogates on social media sites like Instagram to promote their products (see:Pharmaceutical Companies Continue to Experiment with Social Media;FDA Issues Warning Letter to Drug Company about Use of Instagram;GlaxoSmithKline Mines Social Media for Information about Adverse Drug Events). This issue has recently returned to the news (see:The latest Instagram influencer frontier? Medical promotions. Big pharma is partnering with influencers to sell new drugs and medical devices). Below is an excerpt from the article. It's long and provides ma...
Source: Lab Soft News - February 20, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Source Type: blogs
Digital Thermography and Machine Learning Team Up to Improve Burn Wound Care
A team at McGill University in Canada and the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi in Mexico have developed a system for analyzing thermographic scans of burn wounds to improve how they are analyzed and how patients are treated.
The team used digital infrared thermography, a non-invasive imaging technique, to study wounds when they were presented and for the following few days afterward. Infrared thermography shows the heat signature of the tissues being observed, which can indicate a variety of underlying processes taking place, particularly the amount of blood perfusion below the surface. “Digital infrared thermog...
Source: Medgadget - February 7, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Critical Care Informatics Plastic Surgery Source Type: blogs
February Specials in the Skin Spa!
Specials in the Skin Spa for February are as follows:25% offUltherapy25% off two or more areas ofCoolsculpting (all areas must be done same day)25% offLaser Hair Removal20% off a package ofVivace Face and Neck treatments plus get a free Alastin Restorative Neck Complex 15% off a package of 3Thermiva treatments 15% off aViveve individual treatmentIntroductory Special: $250Genesis Laser Facial ($50 savings)This non-ablative skin therapy can restore natural tone and texture, diffuse redness, diminish scars and minimize pores by gently heating the dermis and fine vasculature. Three to five treatment recommended). Cal...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - February 1, 2019 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: specials Source Type: blogs
Elevo Kit Snoring Intervention Device Cleared in United States
Cook Medical and Zelegent, a company out of La Jolla, California, announced that the FDA cleared the Elevo Kit Snoring Intervention Device. The Elevo is used to position special sutures so as to lift the soft palate, the rear roof of the mouth. Alexander K. Arrow, MD, the CEO of Zelegent, which developed the Elevo, likens the procedure to a facelift, but for the soft palate. Cook Medical will be leading the distribution efforts.
Zelegent has named the procedure “elevoplasty,” which can be performed under local anesthesia in the physician’s office. Three bi-directional resorbable barbed sutures are deliver...
Source: Medgadget - January 30, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: ENT Source Type: blogs
