The owner of the largest tumor in the world helped doctors

China resident doctors have removed very large tumor in the world. The man wore on his foot benign tumor weight of 110 kg.

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37-year-old Yan Zhanbin first I noticed that he grows in size mole on his leg when he was 9 years. By 12, she was swollen to the size of a fist, and surgeons have performed operation oncotomy Which turned out to be benign. But after some time the mole will continue to grow and time of most recent hospitalization Jana she weighed 110 kg.

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According to a senior surgeon Chen Minlianya hospital in Beijing, his patient suffers from neurofibromatosis   - Genetic disorders resulting in abnormal cell growth and proliferation tissue. Generally, this disease seriously disfigures a person's appearance, because that these growths are most often found on the face and neck. One of the famous victims neurofibromatosis was an Englishman Joseph Merrick, who by his contemporaries nickname Elephant Man.

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In the case of the main Yan Area sprawl fell on his leg. Dr. Minlan said that treating patients with neurofibromatosis before, but with such a heavy tumor he faced for the first time. Chinaman unfortunate because it had all day to sit or lie on bed - move anywhere he no longer could. The tumor itself occupies two thirds the body weight.

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In operation oncotomy   attended 9 Surgeons. It lasted 16 hours and ended successfully, in spite of the huge complexity. During the procedure, the patient received 5 000 ml of blood, which is about is the entire volume of blood contained in the body of an adult. Yan It is on the mend, and it is expected that he will be discharged home soon. (READ CONT)

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Hair transplantation Ukrainian officials turned into a scandal

Deputy head of the Ministry of income and fees Vladimir Khomenko said that experts of the prestigious clinic Kiev poorly fulfilled their service, and demands that he returned all the money he had to translate. However, the management of medical institution claims that the procedures were carried out in advance to the patient, and his duty is more than 20 thousand dollars.

Vladimir Khomenko

The incident wording portal from-ua.com learned from one of the clinic staff. Name of medical institution, as well as the respondent to disclose his name was afraid not to lose jobs.

"Vladimir Khomenko shy bald. Learning that can be successfully transplanted hair from the temples and back of the head, he decided to resort to the procedure and come to us, "- said a medical worker.

His colleagues said Deputy income and charges that his case will require several operations, and the end result may be imperfect. "You have to understand that in those places the origin of the graft biomaterial hair thinned. In addition, people can continue to grow bald, with numerous small post-surgical scars will be noticeable, "- said the expert.

Khomenko, however, missed the words deaf ears. He agreed to a few expensive operations, hoping to return the lush head of hair, but in practice it turned out differently. After the fourth surgery, the patient just above the right ear began barely noticeable fester, because of what has become a small thin scar is visible.

"This is absolutely not satisfied with the patient, and he decided to give up our services, that is, the planned course was not held until the end", - noted the online edition.

The total cost of carrying out official Hair transplants   It amounted to 30 thousand dollars, but he listed only one third of that amount. However, the money Khomenko now wants to return. His lawyers have already made an appeal to the court to punish the medical institution for poor quality work and to pay the injured party compensation for damages.

"Against Genetics will not go. If an incorrect metabolism, hormonal failure and / or bad heredity, baldness becomes irreversible. We warned him, but he did not listen. It happens ", - he stated an anonymous expert.

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Plastic Surgeon Tapiyu Fernandez again accused of pedophilia

As the correspondent "MK", ​​doctor acquitted   molesting two children, declared the federal wanted list. Against him They filed a second criminal case, this time on charges of harassment to the stepdaughter during a foreign holiday.

Vladimir Tapia Fernandez

In October 2011, a plastic surgeon and owner of the beauty clinic Vladimir   Tapia-Fernandez   He was taken into custody after his wife went to the police to punish the wife for sexual acts with respect to the native son and stepdaughter. According to the woman, her husband molested minors on the territory of our country, and during family trips abroad.

Two years Tapia Fernandez was waiting for the verdict, while his friends and colleagues in one voice argued that plastic surgeon   not guilty.

  "Vladimir slandered, since shortly before his arrest, he wanted a divorce. His young wife Natalya and resourceful woman, most likely, she wanted to lay hands on her husband's business "- suggests the familiar couple.

In December 2013 a jury acquitted Tapiyu. His case was heard in closed session, so learn the details of the meeting to the press failed.

As soon released from custody had left Russia, he returned to Bolivia, where he was born. He had to start almost from scratch, and since then the news about plastic surgery have been reported.

Meanwhile, six months after the issuance of the doctor acquittal GUS UK in Moscow filed against him a new business, or rather, to "unfreeze" the old. As it turned out, Tapiyu Fernandez was acquitted only in the abuse of children, allegedly committed in the territory of the Russian Federation. "The other five episodes that may have taken place in Turkey and in the Seychelles, were put in separate proceedings in March 2013. A month later, the investigation was suspended and after the acquittal of the defendant about this no one remembered," - said the "MK" citing its sources.

Now, the actual closing of the second criminal case Investigative Committee declared illegal, and how to find Tapiyu Fernandez law enforcement officers could not, a plastic surgeon declared the federal wanted list. If the doctor is still found guilty of violent conduct, he could face imprisonment from 4 to 10 years. (READ MORE)

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The Chinese made a new mouth after the attack of a wolf

Victims of the terrible wolf attacks 56 years ago, the Chinese doctors are going to carry out a unique operation. Now a man must have a new mouth.

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More than half a century ago, Chinese Ksiyu Wu, who was then only 11 years old, was a victim of wolf attacks . which caused serious injuries to the boy. Wild beast literally bitten off a child mouth, so that Wu found himself severely disfigured. Chinese plastic surgery in those days it was poorly developed, and miserable Wu lived a long life position monster, from which all shied away.

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Man without mouth has not been studied in school, could not find a job, he never married and took only liquid food. Now plastic surgeons have proposed a 65-year-old man help. "My patient's mouth is completely absent, deformed jaw, - says Dr. Chen Fei, who will conduct operation. - This is the worst case in my practice for the past 15 years. "

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Dr. Fay consulted with colleagues from Beijing and other cities, asking their advice about Technology of plastic mouth . According to him, to take part in the operation A total of 20 physicians from 10 different departments. "The first operation will held for reconstruction of the upper and lower lips and recreation Missing facial muscles, - says Dr. Fay. - We'll take two musculocutaneous flap of his legs, transplanting them in the face after appropriate processing. This would require large amounts of cross-linking and nerves vessels. "

Then, Wu will wait for the second operation, during which the patient is reconstructed teeth. It is to be held six months after the first. (READ MORE)

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Girl with a curvature of the spine has become a model

This girl was a victim of severe scoliosis, due to which she was subjected to regular ridicule. But she I did not agree to the proposal of the operation, and the doctors decided to prove that beauty It is within man and not outside, becoming a professional model.

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A resident of Birmingham English Aisha Jones suffers from Scoliosis   or curvature of the spine   - Enough unpleasant defect that sometimes truly disfigures the human body. When Aisha was 13 years old, doctors advised her to go through quite risky operation to install a metal rod in the spine. Doctors said that without this operation, it will be "a pretty girl with an ugly back. "

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But Aisha refused surgery, and doctors decided to prove them wrong. She became hard work on yourself to become a professional model. In particular, it studied pose so that the defect has been swept back the least, and it is with time she succeeded. However, the modeling career did not last long, as the one of the photo shoots designer refused the services of Aisha when he saw too nice to look back.

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Then the girl she gave up her profession, because I realized that because it is too much time paying their appearance, that there is a healthy hobby. Soon Aisha seriously taken a great interest in photo and even began to freelance art photographer. And now she wants to inspire others women who suffer from Scoliosis . to prove: rachiocampsis should not distort their lives. Aisha believes that beauty inside a person, not outside, because her fate and career have become the best proof of that. However, recently she still held the operation, but only because of severe back pain, not for cosmetic reasons. (READ CONT)

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Baldness will treat new injections

The problem of baldness could soon be solved without costly and not always effective hair transplants. Rid the strong half of humanity from one of the most common reasons for systems to help special shot.

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Pretty soon, scientists will be able to grow new hair right on the high temple for treat baldness That will save men and women from the part Hair transplants   - Very expensive and not very effective procedures. Researchers in Australia have created a new human hair in the laboratory, using a tiny cell that fueled its growth. This technique has been successfully used to grow new hair follicles in animals, and now it is checked in humans.

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We are talking about cells, called the dermal papilla (dermal papilla), which are found at the base of the follicle under the skin where hair is attached. It is these cells and nourish follicles, preventing hair fall. In the course of the latest procedures, pick up from the donor tissue cells were first cultured in the laboratory and then were inserted into the skin where needed new hair growth. The idea is that with this injection to cause the growth of new follicles, rather than the old transplanted follicles from other more "dense" areas of the head, as is done in Hair Transplant .

This technology treat baldness   It can be used for people with a limited number of follicles, including women suffering from hair loss, as well as victims of burns and scar alopecia. Throws, usually during operations on the hip joint tissue can become a valuable source of stem cells that will be used to restore hair growth.

This technique developed by researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia. Results of the study published in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine. (READ MORE)

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Injections spies forehead threatened blindness

Injections of cosmetic fillers in the forehead can cause irreversible blindness, according to doctors. This side effect of beauty clinic patients wishing to get rid of wrinkles on the forehead, they know very little.

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US experts from the Retina Vitreous Associates Medical Group argue that the injection of spies in the forehead is not as safe as it is commonly believed. In fact, the fat and collagen injections can cause irreversible loss of sight . This occurs when the cosmetic excipients penetrate into blood vessels.

If this happens, the fillers can block the artery supplying the eye with blood, which causes blindness over time. Although this complication is rare enough, his risk is still substantial. It is no coincidence that the Office for Control of Food and Drug Administration approved the use of fillers only shots in the middle part of the face such as the lips.

In the published journal JAMA Ophthalmology study reported several cases of partial or total vision loss , Which was caused by injections of cosmetic fillers in the forehead. So, a man much older than 30, almost blind in his left eye, which was caused by violation of the blood supply to the retina, which followed after the injection.

Women over 40 received injections of collagen to smooth wrinkles on the forehead And shortly after the procedure, she is blind in his right eye. Most unlucky lady aged 60, who lost his sight in both eyes after injections of fillers to the top of the forehead. There are reports of patients who after similar injections from becoming victims of strokes and even died. (READ MORE)

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