Introduction Aesthetic medicine comprises all medical procedures that are aimed at improving the physical appearance and satisfaction of the patient, using noninvasive to minimally invasive cosmetic procedures. These aesthetic procedures…
The Clinical Problem—The Aging Face ( Fig. 3.1 ) How Does the Face Age? Each face ages in its own way according to genetics and external factors, such as sun,…
The Process of Informed Consent Neal R. Reisman MD, JD, FACS The process of informed consent is very important to the practice of plastic surgery. Not only is it a…
Anesthetizing patients is a complex business. The number of tasks to perform on a daily basis has increased dramatically, and the number of locations in which they are performed also…
Providing anesthesia in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment differs from that in the operating room. The static magnetic field necessitates that all monitors, devices, and machines be nonferrous. The…
Sedation for medical procedures performed outside the operating room has been traditionally provided by proceduralists and their proxies. However, as these procedures have steadily increased in both number and complexity,…
The demand for non–operating room anesthesia (NORA) services is expanding rapidly and for diverse reasons. NORA procedures are often less invasive; many of these minimally or even noninvasive procedures are…
An increasing number of pulmonary disorders are amenable to flexible or rigid bronchoscopic diagnostic or therapeutic intervention. New techniques such as endobronchial ultrasound, electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy, and treatment of central…
One of the driving forces in the genesis of the field of interventional radiology was its minimally invasive nature. As catheters and stents replaced the physiologically taxing “open” procedure, patients…
