Five-inch HORN removed from man's back was skin cancer
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: The horn was the result of a common cancer called a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Doctors in Chester removed it and covered the hole with a skin graft. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The man with a five-inch HORN sticking out of his back: Labourer's lump turned out to be skin cancer
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: The horn was the result of a common cancer called a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Doctors in Chester removed it and covered the hole with a skin graft. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Split-Thickness Skin Grafting for Foot and Ankle Wounds Split-Thickness Skin Grafting for Foot and Ankle Wounds
What have we learned about lower extremity wound healing among patients with peripheral arterial disease who underwent split-thickness skin grafting?Wounds (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - December 18, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Canadian skin banks ready to help New Zealand treat volcanic eruption victims
International tissue banks have mobilized to help New Zealand meet its need for an estimated 1.2 million square centimetres of skin to be grafted onto victims of Monday's eruption on White Island, which killed 16 people. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - December 14, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Community Tissue Services to aid victims of White Island volcanic eruption
One of Dayton ’s largest nonprofits is at the forefront of efforts to aid victims of a volcanic eruption overseas.
Community Tissue Services, based in Kettering, has shipped nearly 1,000 skin grafts to New Zealand to treat victims of the recent White Island volcanic eruption.
New Zealand has requested 1,292 s quare feet of skin to treat patients who were injured in the eruption. Christopher Graham, chief business development officer at Community Tissue Services, said the organization has provided… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 12, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jacob Fisher Source Type: news
Community Tissue Services to aid victims of White Island volcanic eruption
One of Dayton ’s largest nonprofits is at the forefront of efforts to aid victims of a volcanic eruption overseas.
Community Tissue Services, based in Kettering, has shipped nearly 1,000 skin grafts to New Zealand to treat victims of the recent White Island volcanic eruption.
New Zealand has requested 1,292 s quare feet of skin to treat patients who were injured in the eruption. Christopher Graham, chief business development officer at Community Tissue Services, said the organization has provided… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - December 12, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Jacob Fisher Source Type: news
Acellular Fish Skin Graft Use for Diabetic Wound Healing Acellular Fish Skin Graft Use for Diabetic Wound Healing
Might a novel acellular fish skin graft offer a new effective treatment option for diabetic foot ulcers?Wounds (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Boston Hospital Completes First African American Full Facial Transplant
BOSTON (CNN) — Robert Chelsea just got a new face, and with it, he is the latest milestone in the burgeoning world of facial transplant surgery. He is the first African American to receive a full facial transplant, with a successful surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. A black patient in Paris received a partial face transplant in 2007.
At 68 years old, he’s the oldest person to undergo the surgery as well.
“It’s a great wonder,” Chelsea told CNN in a phone interview on Friday. “This whole process gave me a whole new dimension on seeing myself.”
After the standa...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Offbeat Syndicated CBSN Boston Brigham and Women's Hospital Source Type: news
He ’s the First African American to Receive a Face Transplant. His Story Could Change Health Care
Robert Chelsea turned down the first face he was offered. It was a fine face, one that could have taken him off the transplant waiting list after just a couple months. But Chelsea—severely disfigured after a catastrophic car accident five years earlier—was in no hurry. He’d gotten used to tilting his head back so food and water wouldn’t fall out of his nearly lipless mouth. He knew how to respond compassionately to children who stared in shock and fear. The face, offered in May 2018, had belonged to a man with skin that was much fairer than what remained of Chelsea’s—so light that Chelse...
Source: TIME: Health - October 24, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Healthcare Source Type: news
Creatine powers T cells ’ fight against cancer
Creatine, the organic acid that is popularly taken as a supplement by athletes and bodybuilders, serves as a molecular battery for immune cells by storing and distributing energy to power their fight against cancer, according to new UCLA research.The study, conducted in mice and published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, is the first to show that creatine uptake is critical to the anti-tumor activities of CD8 T cells, also known as killer T cells, the foot soldiers of the immune system. The researchers also found that creatine supplementation can improve the efficacy of existing immunotherapies.“Because oral crea...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - October 18, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Non intentional burns in children: analyzing prevention and acute treatment in a highly developed country - Moehrlen T, Landolt MA, Meuli M, Moehrlen U.
The objective of this study was to evaluate where and when pediatric burn injuries occurred. Furthermore the quality of first aid treatment, ratio of skin grafting and length of hospital stay were evaluated. The patient records of 749 children with acute b... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
In a first, MGH surgeons use genetically modified pig skin in graft
Pig skin isn ’t just for football these days.
Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons have successfully used genetically engineered pig skin for the temporary closure of a burn wound, the first time pig tissue derived from an animal with gene edits has been transplanted directly onto a human wound.
The F DA-cleared phase one clinical trial was led by surgeon Dr. Jeremy Goverman of MGH's Sumner Redstone Burn Center.
“It is not the trial itself that is so mind-boggling and intriguing to… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - October 14, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Jessica Bartlett Source Type: news
Comparison of NPWT and Mechanical Fixation in Skin Grafts Comparison of NPWT and Mechanical Fixation in Skin Grafts
How do these fixation methods for skin grafting compare in terms of efficacy and wound complications?Wounds (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Argentum Targets Emerging Superbug with Antimicrobial Dressing
Argentum Medical’s antimicrobial dressings received an extra bit of validation after strong results from recent lab findings.
The Geneva, IL-based company’s Silverlon antimicrobial dressing was found to effectively kill Candida Auris (C. Auris), the emerging “superbug†causing invasive, potentially fatal human infection in more than 30 countries, including the U.S. Argentum Medical commissioned Microbiological Consultants, an independent FDA-registered pharmaceutical testing laboratory, to establish if its metallic wound dressings can destroy C. Auris ...
Source: MDDI - September 12, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Materials Source Type: news
Large-Defect Resurfacing: A Comparison of Skin Graft Results Large-Defect Resurfacing: A Comparison of Skin Graft Results
This study reports the clinical results of large skin grafts after sarcoma resection or traumatic injury repair.Wounds (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - September 11, 2019 Category: Surgery Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
