Trinidad Institute of Plastic Surgery is proud to announce to availability of a multimedia telemedicine, virtual conferencing and virtual consultation service starting February 1, 2012. The system made available by Bioengineering Associates, our US based management and healthcare consulting company, allows voice, video and chat interaction through a virtual private network server. It is intended […]
PIP Implants – Removal or Exchange after Breast Augmentation
So Pandora’s box was finally opened. The eventual worldwide recall of French Polyimplant Prothese (PIP) silicone breast implants puts a final exclamation mark behind what everybody knows but hates to admit – cheap is bad, to be cheap you have to cut corners to cut costs and cutting corners – such as using industrial instead […]
Electrical Injuries – The “Great Masquerader” in Burn Surgery
Electrical injuries comprise only a small fraction of burn injuries admitted to specialized centers. High voltage injuries may not be survivable. The flow of current through the body interferes with tissues conducting electricity on their own (nerves, heart) and expends its energy on tissues with highest resistance, the bones, causing high temperature damage from the […]