On rare occasions, new cancers have been found in women with both textured and smooth implants, filled with saline or silicone, federal health officials said. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Surgery and Surgeons”
William G. Hamilton, Doctor to Dancers, Is Dead at 90
By Gotham Rex on April 14, 2022
Invited by George Balanchine to be the in-house orthopedic surgeon at City Ballet in New York, he laid the groundwork for the field of dance medicine. Source: New York Times
When a Surgeon Became a Covid-19 Patient: ‘I Had Never Faced the Reality of Death’
By Gotham Rex on June 3, 2021
Infected early in the pandemic, Dr. Tomoaki Kato, a renowned transplant surgeon, was soon on life support, and one of the sickest patients in his own hospital. Source: New York Times
‘There Was Nothing Anybody Could Do for These Patients.’ Now There Is.
By Gotham Rex on April 6, 2021
The first successful direct transplant of a trachea is a medical milestone that could help thousands of people with airways damaged by ventilators and other causes. Source: New York Times
Don’t Like What You See on Zoom? Get a Face-Lift and Join the Crowd
By Gotham Rex on August 13, 2020
Cosmetic surgeons say business is booming after elective surgery opened up, with quarantine proving a time to heal in secrecy from renovation of face and body. Source: New York Times