Publications by authors named "Ben K Chew"
Systematic review of outcomes and complications in nonimplant-based mastopexy surgery.
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
February 2019
Background: Mastopexy is one of the most performed cosmetic surgery procedures in the U.S. Numerous studies on mastopexy techniques have been published in the past decades, including case reports, retrospective reviews, and prospective studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis report describes a rare severe tissue reaction, as demonstrated in clinical photographs, to nylon sutures and illustrates how simple immediate removal of sutures isolates the irritant stimulus and results in rapid resolution, without the risk, cost and inconvenience of antibiotic treatment.
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- Spontaneous umbilical endometriosis is an uncommon condition where endometrial tissue forms in the umbilical area, usually linked to menstruation symptoms.
- The text describes a case of a patient with asymptomatic umbilical endometriosis that was successfully treated through skin-sparing excision.
- It emphasizes the importance for surgeons to consider umbilical endometriosis in their diagnoses of unusual umbilical nodules, even if the patient isn't displaying symptoms.
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is a rare inflammatory breast disease that mimics breast diseases such as inflammatory breast carcinoma, infective mastitis, and inflammatory breast disease of known cause. It is a diagnosis made only after excluding other causes, and although the disease is nonmalignant it may be both locally aggressive and recurrent. Definitive treatment may require radical excision and adjunctive treatment with immunosuppressants.
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