In women undergoing breast reconstruction using their own (autologous) tissue, newer "muscle-sparing" abdominal flaps can reduce complications while improving some aspects of quality of life, reports ...

The risk for abdominal morbidity, complications, and additional operations are the most important factors weighing on women who are considering postmastectomy breast reconstruction, a new survey ...

UAE Hospital Performs First Robotic Breast Cancer Reconstruction Surgery . A breast cancer survivor in Abu Dhabi has ...

James D. Schlenker Jr., M.D.: abdominal wall reconstruction, reconstructive plastic surgery, hand surgery, microvascular surgery; Virginia Mason Seattle Medical Center, Plastic & Reconstructive ...

Pope Francis will undergo abdominal surgery under general anesthesia on Wednesday afternoon, the Vatican has confirmed. The operation was planned by the pope’s medical team in recent days after it ...

Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery John Holcomb, M.D., FACS, published “Damage control laparotomy in trauma: a pilot randomized controlled trial,” in the Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Open ...