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Life after medicine
Our Editor, Andrew Burd, renowned burns surgeon, takes us on a fascinating journey from his early days as a medical student travelling in the USA through his search for scarless healing in the 1980s and finally to his current work...Case Study: Combination therapy with energy-based devices for improvement of facial photodamage, skin laxity and textural irregularities
Renowned dermatologist Michael Gold takes us through why combination therapies are becoming increasingly popular in facial rejuvenation. Combination therapies with energy-based devices (EBDs) have become very popular in cosmetic and aesthetic surgical circles. This applies to both the more invasive...RAES 15th UK Regenerative Aesthetic ExoCoBio Summit 2025
RAES 15th UK Regenerative Aesthetic ExoCoBio Summit 2025Pioneering the Future of Regenerative Aesthetics On 17 March 2025, the prestigious Royal Society of Medicine hosted the highly anticipated RAES 15th UK Regenerative Aesthetic ExoCoBio Summit 2025. The event brought together some...Impact of medical NGOs and a new collaborative approach: the case of Guinea with Mercy Ships
Mercy Ships (MS) is a global Christian charity that follows the 2000-year-old model of Jesus to bring hope and healing to those suffering from disability, disfigurement, and disease. This article by Professor Diallo and Drs Ugai and Conde, details a...
Rib grafts for mandibular reconstruction
The mandible provides support for the function of the lips, floor of mouth and tongue, and provision of oral competence and function such as swallowing, chewing and speech. Reconstruction of the mandible following ablation thus requires good bone stock to...
Risk factors for loco regional recurrence for oral SCC
Over a quarter of a million cases of oral squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) are diagnosed annually worldwide with 128,000 registered deaths. In spite of much-improved anaesthetic and surgical techniques, survival rates have not improved much over the past three decades....
Effects of orbital decompression
This is a retrospective review of 319 orbital decompression operations in 169 patients (73% female) with thyroid eye disease. Three wall decompressions were performed in 92 eyes, 2-wall in 206 (medial and floor), and a single wall (medial) in 18,...
Postoperative antibiotics after a free flap surgery – is one dose enough?
Major head and neck surgery with ablation of oral cancer, neck dissection and free flap reconstruction is a well-established part of maxillofacial surgery. These patients however already have significant co-morbidities and together with a long operation, large wounds open for...
