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Tumescent local anesthesia today: Has it been misused?
With all the debate concerning measures needed to guard patient safety, experts say tumescent local anesthesia deserves a second look. Since the method was developed 20 years ago, it remains a gold standard, but modifications may have resulted in its misuse, according to dermatologist Jeffrey Klein, developer of the tumescent anesthesia method and associate clinical professor of dermatology, University of California, Irvine.
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Fibroblast growth factor improves wound healing
Wound bed preparation and surgical reconstruction of acute, intensive wounds can be improved with the use of artificial skin substitute and bFGF application prior to skin grafting, according to Sadanori Akita, M.D., Ph.D., senior assistant professor in the department of plastic surgery at Nagasaki University in Nagasaki, Japan.
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Choosing correct skin flap procedure ensures elegance, patient satisfaction
The key to facial wound reconstruction is to visualize and outline the planned flap, but refrain from excising the entire outline or length of flap until after the total skin movement is assessed and undermining is completed, according to Anthony Benedetto, D.O., F.A.C.P., associate professor of dermatology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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More than lip service — lower face options minimize downtime
For treating the lips and lower face, experts tell Cosmetic Surgery Times that options including fillers, botulinum toxin injections and newer resurfacing technologies can deliver excellent cosmetic results — usually with little or no downtime.
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