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UrduA machine learning algorithm performs well in predicting the risk of persistent opioid use after hand surgery, reports a study in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Tag: Hand Surgery
Curtis L. Cetrulo, Jr., MD, Selected as Lyon Family Chair in Plastic Surgery
Curtis L. Cetrulo Jr., MD, vice chair of Research in the Department of Surgery and director of the Division of Plastic Surgery, has been selected as the General William and Willa Dean Lyon Family Chair in Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery.
Cedars-Sinai Welcomes New Plastic Surgery Leader
Cedars-Sinai has selected Curtis L. Cetrulo Jr., MD, as the new vice chair of Research in the Department of Surgery, director of the Division of Plastic Surgery and director of Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation Program Development.
Two Atlantic Health System Medical Centers Pioneer Surgical Visualization Technologies for Orthopedic Surgeries
Atlantic Health System’s Morristown Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center recently began pioneering the field of “mixed reality” technology to enhance outcomes in shoulder, hand and upper extremity surgeries. Mixed reality technology provides a virtual hologram that is projected adjacent to the patient during surgery, enabling the surgeon to synthesize online preoperative planning software with real time data analysis during shoulder replacement surgery. This groundbreaking technology enhances the highest level of precision and may in some cases shorten the length of surgery.
HSS Hand Surgeon Performs First Surgery with FDA-Cleared Wrist Replacement Implant He Designed
A hand surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City performed the first total wrist replacement with an implant he designed. The device, known as KinematX™, received 510(k) clearance from the FDA in 2020.
American College of Surgeons elects new Board of Regents Chair and Vice-Chair for 2020-2021
L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS, was elected Chair, and Steven D. Wexner, MD, FACS, was elected Vice-Chair, of the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons during the College’s virtual Clinical Congress 2020.
Cedars-Sinai Surgeon Restores Hand Movement for a Girl Severely Injured in Syrian Bomb Blast
Five-year-old Aysha Al Saloom was sound asleep in her bed when a barrel bomb exploded outside her home in northern Syria. The blast left her severely burned and disfigured, turning her hands into stiff, painful balls of flesh. She couldn’t even hold a crayon or feed herself. After 20 surgeries, her hands have been rebuilt and she’s back to writing, drawing and dancing. Downloadable video available.