February 2018 – Cirugía Plástica Reconstructiva

2018 Feb

Outcomes after Phalloplasty:

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Outcomes after Phalloplasty: Do Transgender Patients and Multiple Urethral Procedures Carry a Higher Rate of Complication? Background: Phalloplasty is associated with improved quality-of-life in those with penile defects, and in female-to-male transgender (transmale) patients seeking gender-confirming surgery. However, aggregate complication and outcome data are sparse. This study compares phalloplasty outcomes between transmale and cismale patients and between those with primary versus staged urethroplasty. Methods: A comprehensive literature search of [...]

Outcomes after Phalloplasty:admin2018-02-28T22:01:39+00:00

2018 Feb

Why Women Request Labiaplasty

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Why Women Request Labiaplasty Background: In recent years, labiaplasty has jumped in popularity, despite opposition to the procedure. In 2007, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists declared the recommendation of cosmetic vaginal procedures to be “untenable,” although in 2016 they allowed consideration of labiaplasty in adolescents if symptoms persist. The reasons for labiaplasty requests are not yet fully understood, and physician opposition limits [...]

Why Women Request Labiaplastyadmin2018-02-28T21:57:53+00:00

2018 Feb

Healthy Lifestyle – Women’s health

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Healthy Lifestyle - Women's health What does your waistline say about your health? Find out why belly fat is more common after menopause, the danger it poses — and what to do about it. An expanding waistline is sometimes considered the price of getting older. For women, this can be especially true after menopause, when body fat tends to shift to the abdomen. [...]

Healthy Lifestyle – Women’s healthadmin2018-02-28T21:55:42+00:00

2018 Feb

Divers discover world’s longest underwater cave system in Mexico

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Divers discover world's longest underwater cave system in Mexico (CNN) — Underwater archeologists in Mexico have discovered the world's largest flooded cave. The Great Maya Aquifer Project (GAM) team -- committed to studying the mysterious waters of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula -- spent years exploring the caves of Sac Actun and Dos Ojos in Tulum before connecting the two caverns together. The explorers' discovery marks the identification [...]

Divers discover world’s longest underwater cave system in Mexicoadmin2018-02-28T21:52:47+00:00

2018 Feb

How to Prepare for Plastic Surgery Before Reaching Your Goal WLS Weight

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How to Prepare for Plastic Surgery Before Reaching Your Goal WLS Weight Not Yet at Your Goal Weight? You Can Still Start Preparing Even if you’re not yet at your ideal pre-op weight, there are plenty of steps you can take to accelerate the process and make your surgical experience easier once you’re ready for it. You can think ahead and start to [...]

How to Prepare for Plastic Surgery Before Reaching Your Goal WLS Weightadmin2018-02-28T21:45:33+00:00

2018 Feb

America’s healthiest and least healthy states

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America's healthiest and least healthy states (CNN)Despite years of efforts to even out health disparities across the United States, some states are dramatically healthier than others, according to a new report. Massachusetts, Hawaii, Vermont, Utah and Connecticut rank as the five healthiest states, while West Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi rank the least healthy in America's Health Rankings, according to the report by [...]

America’s healthiest and least healthy statesadmin2018-02-28T21:43:08+00:00

2018 Feb

Effects of Pre-operative Psychological Status on Post-operative Recovery

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Effects of Pre-operative Psychological Status on Post-operative Recovery: A Prospective Study Abstract Background Often in clinical practice, a spectrum of outcomes from surgery may be observed ranging from a quick and comfortable recovery to a recovery punctuated by persistent pain and decreased quality of life. While there has been a fast pace of advances made in the field of operative surgery, surgeons seldom [...]

Effects of Pre-operative Psychological Status on Post-operative Recoveryadmin2018-02-28T21:38:27+00:00