Breast Tissue Expanders with Magnetic Ports: Clinical Experience at 1.5 T.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate breast tissue expanders with magnetic ports for safety in patients undergoing abdominal/pelvic magnetic resonance angiography before autologous breast reconstruction.

Methods: Magnetic resonance angiography of the abdomen and pelvis at 1.5 T was performed in 71 patients in prone position with tissue expanders with magnetic ports labeled "MR Unsafe" from July of 2012 to May of 2014.

Assessment of biomechanical skin properties: is cellulitic skin different?

Background: An objective in vivo measurement of viscoelastic skin properties is difficult. Consequently, the clinician's ability to evaluate the effectiveness of therapies that may affect skin pliability and skin surface characteristics is limited.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the Biomechanical Tissue Characterization BTC-2000 System for objective, noninvasive assessment of viscoelastic skin properties, specifically by testing the hypothesis that cellulite-affected skin may have different biomechanical characteristics than skin without a cellulitic appearance.

Autologous cultured fibroblasts as cellular therapy in plastic surgery.

Autologous cultured fibroblasts serve as injectable protein repair systems for correction of acne scars, rhytids, and other facial scars. The system uses the patient's own cultured fibroblasts to correct contour deformities over time.

Laser hair removal.

We are in a state of evolution in long-term hair removal. Safe and effective technology is now available. Lasers will always become smaller, faster, and perhaps more effective.

Autologous cultured fibroblasts: a protein repair system.

Cultured autologous fibroblasts create a living injectable system that has been utilized effectively to treat rhytids, depressed scars, subcutaneous atrophy, acne irregularities, and laser wounds. Autologous cultured fibroblasts (Isolagen) as a protein repair system is produced from a 3-mm cutaneous punch biopsy. Skin biopsies are initiated in an in vitro tissue culture system.