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Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 1)

31 May 2021 |
On the 8 December 2020, Justice Judianna Barnes sentenced Dr Mak Wan-ling to three and a half years in prison. The charge for which she was found guilty was gross negligence manslaughter (GNM). She had injected a contaminated blood sample into a patient and the patient had died. The conviction was fundamentally flawed.

Report: BAPRAS 2023

13 December 2023 | | BAPRAS, plastic surgery, reconstructive, craniofacial, meeting, events
A report from PMFA's first ever, very festive BAPRAS Congress, which ran recently from Wednesday 29 November to Friday 1 December in the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead hotel.

How I Do It - Using Nd:Yag laser for correction of vascular anomalies

14 November 2023 | | PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
Vascular anomalies are the most common lesions that can often lead to disfigurement of a child's appearance. Due to the complexity of diagnosis and individual specialists’ understanding of their pathological process, these young patients often undergo many unnecessary tests and...

How I Do It - Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in the hand: addressing the cosmetic and functional deficit using joint replacements

1 December 2016 | | PMFA - Hand & Wrist Surgery
In his work Orthopaedia Nicholas Andry was one of the first to define the ideal hand, in terms of ideal proportions and appearance [1]. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, erosive inflammatory arthritis thought to affect approximately 1% of the...

Immediate versus delayed post mastectomy breast reconstruction

1 April 2019 | | PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
The authors review and analyse the current literature comparing the psychosocial outcomes of immediate versus delayed post mastectomy breast reconstruction. Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women and has a lifetime incidence of one in nine. Mastectomy may...

Chronic telogen effluvium reversal using E. coli-derived cytokines and growth factors: a case report

3 June 2024 | | PMFA - Dentistry
Chronic telogen effluvium (CTE) is a condition where there is prolonged increased hair shedding, primarily affecting middle-aged women. Its exact cause is often unknown. In CTE, many hair follicles enter the resting phase prematurely due to various reasons, leading to...

Male aesthetic treatments: a review

30 March 2022 | | PMFA - CPD, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dentistry, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery
There is a growing demand for aesthetic procedures for men. Anna Baker provides an overview of the popular treatments and explains the important differences between male and female facial anatomy that need to be considered before treating these patients.

One-point tear trough correction

1 October 2019 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Oculoplastic
The authors provide an expert guide to the use of hyaluronic acid dermal fillers to rejuvenate the periorbital area. One of the early signs of periorbital ageing are dark circles around the eye, with patients complaining of a fatigued appearance....

British Foundation for International Surgery and Training

1 February 2018 | | PMFA - Breast Surgery, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Hand & Wrist Surgery
Two of the UK’s most innovative Plastic Surgeons, Barbara Jemec and Wee Lam, give a fascinating account of the work of BFIRST overseas and, perhaps most importantly, explain how you can get involved. The British Foundation for International Surgery and...

Lip augmentation

1 February 2017 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
In the second of our two-part special focus (see here for Part 1) on lips we are delighted to present this comprehensive clinical guide for practitioners undertaking lip augmentation. Lips and eyes enhance facial beauty. Highlighting these has been dated...

BAS (British Association of Sclerotherapists) 2019 Conference

14 May 2019 | Aesthetic Medicine
Report by Hilary Furber, BAS Operations Manager. An enthusiastic group of over 80 surgeons, doctors and nurses gathered in May at the magnificent lakeside Eton Dorney Conference Centre near Windsor for the British Association of Sclerotherapists’ (BAS) 2019 Conference. This...

Auricular reconstruction: flip-flop flap

1 June 2022 | | PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
Describing an approach to the straightforward and reliable flip-flop axial flap for reconstruction of the conchal bowl subunit of the auricle. The ‘flip-flop’ flap describes an axial subcutaneous island flap lying between the auricular sulcus and mastoid process. The flap...