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Avoiding pre-placed recti sutures in enucleation
1 June 2018
| James Hsuan
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PMFA - Oculoplastic
This is a retrospective review of 40 patients who underwent enucleation using a non-conventional technique in which the recti muscles were detached from the sclera without pre-placing any sutures to secure the cut muscle ends. The surgery was only performed...
Biodegradable plates in lateral orbitotomy surgery
5 October 2015
| James Hsuan
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PMFA - Oculoplastic
This is a description of a new method for fixating the bone flap during a lateral orbitotomy. The technique involves the use of an absorbable lactide plate. This is warmed in a water bath to allow trimming and moulding to...
Perceptions and deceptions: a personal blog by the editor 21 July 2016
21 July 2016
| Andrew Burd (Prof Rtrd.)
It must be bloggers block! The information incoming is just too great to handle. I have cross-posted about this blog in an editorial I have just written for our magazine. I am revisiting the inquest of a girl that died...
The New Doctors Contract NHS England – a brief summary
22 November 2016
This is intended to provide a quick summary of recent events, an outline of the current problems, including the contract, and whistle-blowing, and what we can do to address them. BackgroundIn November 2015, after a new contract was proposed, 98%...
Perceptions and deceptions: a personal blog by the editor 12 December 2016
12 December 2016
| Andrew Burd (Prof Rtrd.)
A Death in Hong Kong: an evolving essay and insight into medicine and the law in contemporary Hong Kong (part four). I had found Dr Wong exposing a dying patient for his own vicarious gratification. I had specifically forbidden him...
Letter from Hong Kong (13 April 2020)
14 April 2020
| Andrew Burd (Prof Rtrd.)
Now is not the time to start spreading blame. There will be time for that later. At the same time, now, is the time to recognise the great courage required in true leadership.
Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 12) – Risk
26 January 2022
| Andrew Burd (Prof Rtrd.)
Risks are ubiquitous in medicine. It is very important to realise that a risk can be both a threat and a friend. Risks relate to probabilities. The probability or possibility that the outcome may not be as desired. The Law does have a perverse view on this. The Law likes, demands, seeks cause and consequence. An honest doctor can rarely satisfy the Law. And that is why it was such a bad thing to see this poor Judge being led by the nose by two unscrupulous Medical “Experts”!
COVID-19: thoughts from an Edinburgh plastic surgeon
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every aspect of life. Ken Stewart, Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Special Advisor for The PMFA Journal, outlines for us how his own plastic surgery department has adapted to the crisis. What did you do...Medico-legal Forum (Botulinum/Laser)
1 April 2017
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
The PMFA Journal and Hamilton Fraser Cosmetic Insurance have teamed up to provide a series of articles that will give examples of claims that occur from different procedures. In our February/March issue we featured a case that involved complications following...
Emerging trends in the aesthetics of rhinoplasty: from local to global
1 February 2017
| Pietro Palma (Prof), Iman Khodaei, Irina Vasilenko
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PMFA - Rhinoplasty
The concept of ‘beauty’ can be bewildering in its scope and variation through time and geographical location. As the aim of facial plastic surgery consists of restoration of form and function, the definition of beauty takes on immense importance. Although...
Recurrent corneal erosions secondary to isotretinoin use
4 March 2021
| Priyancaa Jeyabaladevan
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PMFA - Dermatology
This article originally appeared in Eye News Dec/Jan 2021 Isotretinoin (13–cis-retinoic acid) is the first line treatment for moderate to severe nodulocystic or papulopustular acne [1,2]. Although it is a safe medication, it has several adverse side-effects, including ophthalmic manifestations,...
The beauty of Instagram reels
26 April 2023
| Alan S Adams
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PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Alan S Adams, award-winning business coach and author, and Director of The Clinic Coach, explores why aesthetic clinics need to be utilising Instagram Reels in 2023, and how this can lead to ultimate business success. With Instagram declared the most...
