Smoking Causes Ageing
Read the latest article on how smoking causes ageing here
IMPORTANT: MEDICARE RESTRICTS ABDOMINOPLASTY
As of the 1st of January 2016 important changes to lipectomy items numbers will apply. The changes include a wide range of item numbers but the most common procedures it will affect are – Read more
TIVA anaesthetic may give better survival rates in cancer surgery
Read more here on how TIVA anaesthetic may give better survival rates in cancer surgery Read more
ALCL (ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA)
Update on ALCL (Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma) associated with breast implants. Disclaimer: This information is imprecise at best may not be accurate at all. It was gleaned in conversation at the ASPS 2013 congress in Melbourne, Australia. If it was rock solid, we’d be publishing it in a peer reviewed medical journal…it’s not, which is why we’re publishing it on our website. Read more
SILIMED IMPLANT UPDATE
Silimed breast implants have been suspended from sale in the European market over concerns of particulate matter contamination. Read below the updates from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and press release. Read more
BREAST RECONSTRUCTION SELF INFLATING EXPANDERS
The most common traditional tissue expanders that are in use have an integrated port which is used to inflate the expander with saline (the salty water that runs in your blood). Read more
Preventative Mastectomy cheaper than lifetime cancer surveillance
Read the article here on how Preventative mastectomy cheaper than lifetime cancer surveillance
2 Stage implant reconstruction is safer than 1
Read the Article Here on how 1 stage implant reconstruction safer than 1
DIRECT TO IMPLANT BREAST RECONSTRUCTION
Whilst not exactly new overseas, it is a relatively recent phenomenon which is gaining traction in Australia and it has been made more possible by the recent advent of tissue matrices. Read more
