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Do prokinetic agents provide symptom relief through acceleration of gastric emptying? An update and revision of the existing evidence.
[BACKGROUND] Gastroparesis and functional dyspepsia are disorders characterized by upper gastrointestinal symptoms and multifaceted etiologies. One of the main therapeutic approaches is accelerating gastric emptying (GE) by means of prokine…
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Breast reconstruction with autologous abdomen-based free flap with prior abdominal liposuction - a case-based review.
[BACKGROUND] Over recent years, liposuction has become the most commonly used surgical procedure used to refine male and female body contours. In the last four decades, the incidence of breast cancer has increased. Of these patients, there …
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A novel multi-study intervention investigating the short and long term effects of a posture bra on whole body and breast kinematics.
[BACKGROUND] Poor standing posture has been reported in women with larger breasts, increasing the risk of back pain. Whilst breast reduction surgery can improve posture, conservative measures such as special bras may offer short or long-ter…
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The Kinematics of Breasts Implanted With a Reduced Mass Implant: A Pilot Study.
[BACKGROUND] Breast implants may increase breast skin tension and interact with surrounding tissues to alter breast position and motion during dynamic activity. Reducing implant mass and changing implant location (submuscular/subglandular) …
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Brief encounters: Assembling cosmetic surgery tourism.
This paper reports findings from a large-scale, multi-disciplinary, mixed methods project which explores empirically and theoretically the rapidly growing but poorly understood (and barely regulated) phenomenon of cosmetic surgery tourism (…
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Presentation of Mycobacterium abscessus infection following rhytidectomy to a UK plastic surgery unit.
We report the presentation of a patient to a UK plastic surgery unit with Mycobacterium abscessus infection following a facelift surgery in Southern India. Treatment was protracted requiring surgical debridement and 6 months of antibiotics …
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A developmental approach to the classification of birth defects.
Surgeons are accustomed to categorizing the birth defects they treat surgically according to morphology rather than pathogenesis. Commonly used classification systems fail to take into account the cause or developmental pathology of a given…