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Highest honors
Susan Mackinnon elected to Institute of Medicine
Oct. 9,
2007 --
Susan Mackinnon has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors medical scientists in the United States can receive. Mackinnon was honored for her professional achievement in the health sciences.
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Association leader chosen
Mackinnon named president of American Association of Plastic Surgeons
June 19,
2007 -- Susan E. Mackinnon, M.D., was named president of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons at its recent annual meeting in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Mackinnon is the Sydney M. Jr. and Robert H. Shoenberg Professor of Surgery and chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the School of Medicine.
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Sticking with what works
Nerves controlling muscles are best repaired with similar nerves
May 10,
2007 -- When repairing severed or damaged motor nerves with a donor nerve graft, surgeons have traditionally used a sensory nerve from another area of the patient's body. However, these patients often do not fully regain function in the injured area. But now a team of surgeons at the School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital has found that repairing a motor nerve in rats with an intact motor nerve yields better results than using a sensory nerve. The research appeared in the March issue of the journal Microsurgery.
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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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