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'Compassion for children'
Kane named Kimbrough Chair for Pediatric Dentistry
April 7,
2009 -- Alex A. Kane has been named the Dr. Joseph B. Kimbrough Chair for Pediatric Dentistry in the Washington University Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery for Use in the Cleft Palate/Craniofacial Deformities Institute for teaching and healing. Kane is associate professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the School of Medicine and director of the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Institute at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
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FDA-approved fillers
Choosing the right injectable fillers to improve appearance
Jan. 16,
2009 -- If you're looking to reduce facial wrinkles or enhance your lips without surgery, you're not alone. Increasingly, consumers are choosing non-surgical procedures that use injectable fillers to improve their appearance. With a wide range of injectable fillers available, consumers must spend some time evaluating their options, says Gregory Branham, a facial plastic surgeon at the School of Medicine.
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Nerve transfer technique helps rebuild injured soldiers
Nerve reconstruction surgeon aims to help more veterans injured in combat
Aug. 8,
2008 -- WUSM surgeon Susan Mackinnon, a pioneer of the surgical procedure known as peripheral nerve transfer, hopes to share the technique with more Veterans Affairs hospitals this year. The advanced form of nerve reconstruction Mackinnon performs can help injured soldiers regain the use of severely damaged limbs.
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Women who undergo breast reconstruction after cancer surgery are twice as likely to develop an infection
The Times (London)
Jan. 29,
2008 -- News item on WUSTL medical research -- Women who undergo breast reconstruction after cancer surgery are twice as likely to develop an infection at the surgical site if they are given a prosthetic implant instead of their own tissue.
The study appeared in the January issue of Archives of Surgery.
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Study Says Implants Double Risk of Infection After Breast Reconstructive Surgery
The New York Times
and 27 others
Jan. 22,
2008 -- More than one in 20 patients undergoing breast surgery later developed infections at incision sites, according to a new study, a complication that was more common than thought. Study co-authors WUSTL infectious diseases professor Margaret Olsen and WUSTL plastic and reconstructive surgery professor Keith Brandt comment.
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Documenting non-Caucasian standards of beauty
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
and 16 others
March 29,
2004 -- Standards for Caucasian beauty are well documented, but what's considered attractive among ethnic groups isn't, according to James Lowe, M.D., assistant professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the School of Medicine. Lowe is the primary investigator for a study designed to preserve what comes naturally for those of us who look different. For the past two years, Lowe and other School of Medicine researchers have measured and studied the facial features — brows, cheekbones, lips and noses — that set us apart. "We're not trying to define beauty," Lowe said. "But rather what's the norm in each ethnic group."
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