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She was a cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon who had performed breast reconstruction surgery for numerous cancer patients.
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Spector, a reconstructive surgeon, is focusing on children born without a fully developed external ear, a condition called microtia.
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Prior to definitive surgery, you should meet with a medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, geneticist (if you are at risk for the breast cancer gene), and reconstructive surgeon.
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In the three years that he has been a private cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon, he says that he has also seen an increase in clients flying in from parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Nicholas Parkhouse, a consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon at the McIndoe Surgical Centre in East Grinstead and a spokesman for the British Association of Plastic Surgeons, said the infection rate in the UK would be well under 1%.
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According to Dr. Richard Chaffoo, a San Diego-based plastic surgeon with experience in the area, reconstructive breast surgery is more complicated than purely aesthetic surgery of the breast and is associated with more surgical procedures and subsequent complications.
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Hamish Laing, honorary secretary of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and consultant plastic surgeon at the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, said it was a novel idea to make artificial skin that would not only cover the wound but actively fight infection.
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Estimates of PIP implants in each country are based on the number sold to plastic surgeons, but no one knows how many were actually inserted, said Simon Kay, a plastic surgeon at the University of Leeds and past president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons.
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