Plastic and Thoracic Surgery, Orthopedics and Ophthalmology

PART 1: ORTHOPEDICS

BISPHOSPHONATES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON FRACTURE HEALING.- MANAGEMENT OF OPEN DISTAL LOWER EXTREMITY WOUNDS WITH EXPOSED TENDONS USING PORCINE URINARY BLADDER MATRIX.- USES OF NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY IN ORTHOPEDIC TRAUMA.- RISK FACTORS FOR WOUND COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS AFTER ELECTIVE ORTHOPEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY.- COMPARING SUTURES VERSUS STAPLES FOR SKIN CLOSURE AFTER ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY.- WOUND AND RENAL COMPLICATIONS IN GOUT PATIENTS UNDERGOING TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY.- PROTOCOL OF WOUND DRAIN MANAGEMENT FOR TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY.- IS ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA A RISK FACTOR FOR PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION?.

PART 2: OPHTHALMOLOGYCORNEAL WOUND HEALING AFTER LASER VISION CORRECTION.- HUMAN BREAST MILK DROPS PROMOTE CORNEAL EPITHELIAL WOUND HEALING.- WOUND STABILITY AND SURGICALLY INDUCED CORNEAL ASTIGMATISM AFTER TRANSCONJUNCTIVAL SINGLE-PLANE SCLEROCORNEAL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY.- INCIDENCE, SEVERITY AND OUTCOMES OF TRAUMATIC WOUND DEHISCENCE FOLLOWING PENETRATING AND DEEP ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY.- BOSTON TYPE ¿ KERATOPROSTHESIS IN OCULAR CHEMICAL BURNS.- ADENOVIRAL GENE THERAPY FOR DIABETIC KERATOPATHY: EFFECTS ON WOUND HEALING AND STEM CELL MARKER EXPRESSION IN HUMAN ORGAN-CULTURED CORNEAS AND LIMBAL EPITHELIAL CELLS.- TARGETING MIR-146A TO TREAT DELAYED WOUND HEALING IN HUMAN DIABETIC ORGAN-CULTURED CORNEAS.- ROCK INHIBITION PROMOTES ATTACHMENT, PROLIFERATION, AND WOUND CLOSURE IN HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL-DERIVED RETINAL PIGMENTED EPITHELIUM.- SECRETION PROFILE OF INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL-DERIVED RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DURING WOUND HEALING.

PART 3: PLASTIC SURGERY

VARIATIONS IN TREATMENT OF PLASTIC AESTHETIC SURGERY COMPLICATIONS.- RECONSTRUCTIVE PLASTIC SURGERY OF WOUNDS.- THE INTRAOPERATIVE LOCAL USE OF 5FU TO REDUCE THE RISK OF RECURRENT KELOID.- AN APPROACH TO KELOID RECONSTRUCTION WITH BILAMINAR DERMAL SUBSTITUTE AND EPIDERMAL SKIN GRAFTING.- SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF

Dr. Melvin A. Shiffman, MD, JD, FCLM, received his MD from Northwestern University School of Medicine in 1957 and completed his residency in general surgery in 1964 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, California. Since then he has been continuously involved in oncologic surgery, reconstruction, and cosmetic surgery. In 2002, Dr. Shiffman became Chair of the Section of Surgery at Tustin Hospital and Medical Center and in 2009-10 he served as President of the American College of Legal Medicine. He is Editor Emeritus of the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery, a member of the Scientific Committee of the American Journal of Aesthetic Medicine, and an examiner for the International Board of Cosmetic Surgery. He is also a former Editor-in-Chief of both the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery and the International Journal of Cosmetic Surgery. Dr. Shiffman is the recipient of many honors and is a fellow of various colleges and societies. He has published 300 articles, authored or edited 34 books, and written more than 140 book chapters.

Dr. Mervin Low, MD received his MD from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. He completed his Plastic Surgery Residency at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, and a Breast and Aesthetic Surgery fellowship at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, USA, and at the Plastic Surgery Center of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI, USA. Dr. Low has a busy practice devoted entirely to Aesthetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.  He is a prolific author, educator and innovator.  He has been recognized locally as one of the Best Doctors in California and nationally as one of the Top Plastic Surgeons in America.