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The use of intravenous tPA for the treatment of severe frostbite

1 December 2017 | Kuen Y Chin | General Plastic Surgery | Anti-platelet therapy, Frostbite, Intravenous tPA

Frostbite can lead to severe consequences to a patient, including loss of digits and limbs. It causes tissue injury by causing cell membrane damage through the formation of extracellular ice crystals and by causing vascular thrombosis. It is to reverse...

NYU Langone Health performs world’s first whole-eye & partial-face transplant

15 November 2023 | NYU Langone, eye transplant, Face transplant, surgery, therapies, Aaron James, USA, Eduardo D. Rodriguez

Landmark whole-eye transplant is a major paradigm shift for potential vision therapies.

Letter from Hong Kong (9 July 2020)

9 July 2020 | Andrew Burd (Prof)

“I see hope in the stars. Take time to look at them.”

The importance of skin preparation

1 June 2018 | Anna Baker | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, General Plastic Surgery

With both aesthetic procedures and antibiotic resistance on the rise, good skin disinfection to reduce the risk of infection is more vital than ever. Anna Baker takes us through the evidence behind commonly used skin preparation formulations for aesthetic injectable...

Modified subciliary approach to the orbital floor

1 December 2018 | Sunil K Bhatia | Maxillofacial Surgery, Oculoplastics | Inferior orbital rim, Laterocaudal approach, Orbital floor fracture, Orbital surgery, Postsurgical scar, Transcutaneous orbital approach

Fractures involving the lateral midface and orbital floor are routinely treated by maxillofacial surgeons. The surgical management requires access to the facial skeleton to reposition and free the soft tissues. There are three main approaches to the orbital floor the...

Medical racism and the surgical ‘correction’ of the nose in Brazil

3 October 2023 | Carmen Alvaro Jarrín | Facial Plastic Surgery

Anthropologist Professor Carmen Alvaro Jarrín has conducted extensive research into plastic surgery practice in Brazil. Here, she explains why social and cultural ideas about race may shape rhinoplasty objectives for patients and surgeons in the country. Health professionals worldwide are...

Coronavirus is making us better people

5 June 2020 | Simon Ravichandran, Emma Ravichandran | Aesthetic Medicine, Dermatology, General Plastic Surgery, COVID-19 - The PMFA Journal

COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges to the world of aesthetic medicine. Simon and Emma Ravichandran offer their perspective on the crisis so far and look to the future. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic that started at the end of...

A new treatment for genitourinary syndrome of menopause

1 December 2015 | Stefano Salvatore | Aesthetic Medicine

Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) [1] is defined as a collection of symptoms and signs mainly associated with the progressive decrease in oestrogen levels. The lack of hormones, usually produced by the ovaries in fertile age, may lead to genital...

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