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Wound moisture sensing in traumatic wounds

1 June 2015 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Wounds can be small and unpleasant, or may be large and life-threatening. The skin is a physical and an immunological barrier to infection, and any defect in the integrity of the skin may allow bacterial or fungal invasion to occur....

Want to do exciting entrepreneurial research? – ask the space scientists

1 February 2015 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Advances in medical technology have improved the quality of life for people around the globe and contributed towards a general increase in life expectancy. Much of this can be attributed to a synthesis between the experience of medical professionals and...

Virtual learning post lockdown

10 July 2020 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - General Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
The rapid onset and intensity of the COVID-19 pandemic has required some radical changes in most areas of our professional lives, including a chance to update traditional approaches to learning. Virtual learning is the use of remote video conferencing software,...

A study of chronic refractory tibia osteomyelitis treated with surgery and adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen

19 August 2020 | | PMFA - General Plastic Surgery
Introduction Chronic tibial osteomyelitis is a difficult problem to eradicate and often fails to respond to surgical treatment. Orthopaedic surgeons find it difficult to treat these infections which reside as a nidus in dead bone. There is always a risk...

Photorejuvenation: Light & Bright™ treatment for enhanced skin quality

4 October 2024 | | PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Dermatology
Improving skin quality has emerged as a significant trend in recent years, driven by the synergy between at-home skincare routines and diverse aesthetic procedures administered by medical professionals. With sun-induced skin damage manifesting early in life, there’s a surging demand...

Nordlys® System – Treatment of inflammatory acne and rosacea

4 December 2024 | | PMFA - Dermatology, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine
Acne vulgaris is a common chronic inflammatory skin condition and the eighth most prevalent skin disorder worldwide, with a prevalence of 9.4% [1]. Rosacea is also a common chronic inflammatory skin disorder, with an estimated global prevalence of 5.46% of...

Perceptions and Deceptions a personal blog by the editor 9 June 2016

9 June 2016 |
Distractions! I am getting behind my timetable for the on-going story. So let me press on. I shall only comment at the outset that with regard to the Junior Doctors Contract issue in the UK, I do think the government...

Perceptions and Deceptions a personal blog by the editor 15 June 2016

15 June 2016 |
It is recorded that Dr James Hwang arrived at 15:40 and commenced cardiac massage. I wonder why? Of course, the ‘non-essential equipment’ included a cardiac monitor. So no help there. Palpating a pulse in a patient who is convulsing (still)...

Perceptions and deceptions: a personal blog by the editor 5 September 2016

5 September 2016 |
The junior doctors are without doubt the very backbone of the NHS. They span from the newly graduated medical students to the most senior postgraduate trainees who are about to embark on a definitive post as a hospital consultant or...

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 16) – Aggravating factors

28 February 2022 |
The Judge just cannot say, “Lee’s airway and oxygenation were not established or maintained”. This is nonsensical from the perspective of a person trained in medicine. Even more senseless from a person who is not. If Lee’s airway was not established and maintained, how did Lee survive a three-hour operation, albeit in the prone position and without developing any signs of cyanosis?

Management of masseter hypertrophy and bruxism with Botulinum Toxin A

3 August 2021 | | PMFA - CPD, PMFA - Aesthetic Medicine, PMFA - Facial Plastic Surgery, PMFA - Maxillofacial Surgery
This article has been verified for CPD. Click the button below to answer a few short questions and download a form to be included in your CPD folder. The squaring of the lower third of the face can be an...

Gross Negligence Manslaughter in Healthcare: The medico-legal dilemma (part 25)

24 May 2022 |
Time out I am taking a time out because I want to go back to 2014. At that time there were no mandatory guidelines regarding the administration of procedural sedation in cosmetic practice in Hong Kong. Because of the call...