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These items have all been tagged with the tag "surgery safety", You can see other tags in the Tag CloudOn Tuesday, medical authorities unexpectedly suspended Dr. Sean Su’s license before resolving their investigation of his case. They cited that it was because the doctor posed immediate danger after two botched-up surgical procedures and his continuing refusal to take part in the investigation.
In North Carolina, a surgery clinic has been raided for handing patients faux Botox. There were over 40 patients who were given a neurotoxin shot that, to date, has only been accepted for research.
In March 2005, Beverley Binks had an eye and jaw lift at Newcastle’s Transform Medical Group (NTMG) in order for her to feel better about herself. However, she was left looking a “mess” after being “butchered” by two surgeons, as she recounted.
A clinical negligence lawyer from Leigh is alerting people to carefully consider many things first before getting cosmetic surgery after Denise Hendry’s untimely death. She was the wife of Colin Hendry, a former Scotland football captain.
Francine Mendelson was lying on her bed, with her clothing drenched in fluid oozing out from many cuts on her body. This was the scene after a liposuction surgical procedure in 2007 with Dr. Behnaz Yazdanfar.
A doctor from Sweden could be charged after a famous footballer's wife died last week from complications caused by a botched liposuction procedure in 2002. As reported by Sky News, Dr. Gustaf Aniansson keeps on carrying out medical operations at the famous Nackakliniken, which is near Stockholm, Sweden. The doctor has also been charged of incompetence by more than 12 previous patients in the United Kingdom.
A trial at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario examined yesterday that a surgeon from Toronto is said to be the "poster girl" for professional misconduct and incompetence. Dr. Behnaz Yazdanfar is charged of giving a below-standard medical care to her patients, which include Krista Stryland, a real-estate agent who died in 2007 after visiting the clinic of the doctor for a stomach reduction surgical procedure.
The top court of Ontario states that the college that supervises doctors has the authority to send out inspectors into the private health facilities of three doctors from Toronto to observe their surgical procedures. Today, the ruling made by the Ontario Court of Appeal preserves the decision of a lower court.
The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) has recently issued a report disclosing that almost 25% of their members had handled patients looking for a surgical procedure to fix troubles created by permanent fillers (these are injectable gels that are utilised to increase volume to the face and, more recently, to the body). Fillers’ popularity has increased in recent years, as doctors saw that getting old makes our faces lose their roundness, and the thinning out makes us look old.
Plastic surgeons from U.K. have alerted women that the fillers utilized for breast augmentations could be dangerous for them. In 2008, there were doctors who observed about 10¬12 women suffering from complications after treatment with Macrolane, an injectable filler, as deduced from a survey conducted by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).
An inquiry examined today that a woman died after having a cosmetic surgical procedure that involved injecting fat from her buttocks into a vein in her face. The 37-year-old Rachel Soanes went through a procedure at St Thomas' Hospital that will "plump out" her face.
Many of us most likely have found out about terrible stories involving some plastic surgical procedures. However, in this economic crisis, many people are still availing of plastic surgeries and dangerously seeking for those that come cheap.
It was not long ago that reports circled over the Internet giving warnings about Botox and "Do-it-yourself" Botox kits that are probably fake and being marketed on eBay. These items are no longer available over the Internet, but local physicians alert that, for safety reasons, anything that states "Do-it-yourself" should be avoided by everyone.
Two judges of the Ontario Court of Appeal disputed yesterday a lawyer's allegation that letting medical investigators to observe three doctors carry out cosmetic surgical operations might threaten the confidentiality of the relationship between a doctor and a patient. Yesterday, the court heard that the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has apprehensions that the operations, from liposuction to breast rejuvenation, that are regularly carried out by the surgeons may not be safe knowing that the doctors have no formal credentials in performing surgical procedures.
As Karon Kitchen, a pilates teacher, chose dermal fillers to be shot into her cheeks, she believed that she was opting for a safe alternative. The 45-year-old from London said, "I did my homework, and I believed what I read."
A surgeon at a North York cosmetic surgery health facility will face a disciplinary trial to respond to accusations of incompetence and professional misconduct involving numerous patients, including a single mom who died in 2007 after a liposuction procedure.
UK cosmetic surgical doctors have cautioned patients of the risks caused by DIY Botox kits that are being offered over the Internet.
Experts have cautioned that thousands of people are putting their looks and even their lives on the line as an increasing number of plastic surgeons are thinking of making a profit first before the patient’s safety.
A surgeon named Peter Normann, his assistant Jose Andres Lopez, and Gary Page, a homeopathist, are facing allegations extending from second-degree murder and manslaughter to practicing medicine without a license because of the office procedures that caused the death of three patients.
According to the findings of a study on a group of more than 350 cosmetic surgeons, occupational injuries, particularly muscle strains, are not an exception in the medical profession and are considered as routine.
Three Toronto physicians may be forced to open their doors to Ontario's medical regulatory body if an application to the court by the College of Physicians and Surgeons is successful. The court order would allow the college to send inspectors into the private clinics of the physicians to examine their plastic surgical practices, by questioning the doctors and observing them perform cosmetic surgery procedures.
Seven people, including a 61 year old British plastic surgeon, have been committed for trial in Dubai, following the death of a 27 year old housewife who was undergoing a liposuction procedure in the United Arab Emirates.
A doctor who allegedly posed as a plastic surgeon and injured unsuspecting patients in dozens of botched liposuction, facelift and breast implant procedures has been arrested in Mexico.
A 40 year old woman who escaped Iraq to find a new life has had her marriage plans dashed because of a liposuction and tummy tuck that has left her permanently scarred, a Dubai court was told.
New Jersey police are investigating the death of a 41 year old woman, who died, apparently after undergoing cosmetic surgery at a private residence.
Figures released by the health department in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) show that demand for cosmetic surgery in Vietnam continues to soar, with 53 private clinics now licensed in the city. Of these 53 licensed facilities, 45 are specialized clinics, while 8 are general hospitals that also offer plastic surgery services.
Two doctors have been suspended in the United Arab Emirates, following the recent death of a woman who had undergone liposuction. The 27 year old Emirati women is said to have suffered brain damage during the 90,000 dirhams procedure, falling into a coma and dying three days later.
The high profile cosmetic surgeon who had performed a tummy tuck and breast reduction on the mother of Kanye West the day before she died, walked out of an arranged interview with CNN's Larry King, leaving the host and viewers baffled with his behavior.
The surgeon who was found guilty of professional misconduct following botched breast reduction procedure has been named by New Zealand's High Court as Doctor Gornoori Rama Krishnayya. The Napier based surgeon performed the breast reduction procedure on February 15, 2005, but things started going wrong for the patient shortly afterwards.
Less than two months after the death of a 32 year old woman who underwent liposuction performed by a family doctor advertising as a cosmetic surgeon, the regulatory body of Ontario is set to tighten the guidelines covering cosmetic surgery procedures offered by doctors in the province.
The owner of a cosmetic surgery clinic in Bangkok has been jailed for four years for the death of a 17 year old schoolgirl girl during a liposuction procedure that was described by the court as reckless. In addition to the sentence for the manslaughter charge, Dr. Chalee Kanchanarak was given a consecutive sentence of three months for using drugs that had expired and should have been destroyed.
The mother of rap singer Kanye West has died suddenly at the age of 58 following cosmetic surgery. Dr. Donda West is understood to have stopped breathing at her home and died later at a medical center in Marina Del Rey, California, on Saturday night. She is thought to have undergone a tummy tuck and breast reduction procedure the previous day. The singer was in London, England when he learnt of the death and took an emergency flight back to California to be with his family.
A Irish MEP (Member of the European Parliament) has called for plastic surgery in Ireland to be regulated according to European Union standards.
The Arizona liposuction doctor whose licence was revoked following the death of three people undergoing liposuction procedures at his clinic has, according to lawyers in the case, apparently disappeared.
A doctor who operated on a Canadian woman who died after a liposuction procedure was the subject of a complaint to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, over alleged "deceptive" advertising.
Police have raided the office of an Arizona based liposuction specialist, following the death of three patients who had undergone liposuction procedures.
An investigation has been launched into the death of a 50 year old UK businesswoman who died just two days after undergoing liposuction in a UK hospital.
A 43 year old American woman is suing a Singapore hospital over a failed gastric band procedure that she claims resulted in a chest infection and stomach perforation.
Police in Blomington, California have arrested the owner of a local beauty salon for allegedly performing an illegal liposuction procedure on a patient.
A leading psychologist has reported to a conference that some patients in the UK are so unhappy with their appearance that they have glued back their ears, tried to iron the wrinkles off their face and cut open their stomachs in order to perform a DIY tummy-tuck.
One of the leading lawyers who took a class action suit against the makers of silicone breast implants has been ordered to repay over $35 million to his clients. The ruling by an arbitration panel found that Houston lawyer John O'Quinn had deducted charges that were not agreed by his clients. With the addition of interest and attorneys' fees, the decision is likely to cost the controversial lawyer nearly $60m.
The state health commissioner has used emergency powers to immediately suspend the licence of a New York plastic surgeon accused of having sex with a patient and smoking crystal methamphetamine.
One of the pioneers in the medical application of Botox has called for government regulations concerning its cosmetic use in the UK.
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, which represents many of the plastic surgeons in the US, has issued a warning to prospective patients to avoid lipodissolve, otherwise known as mesotherapy and lipolysis.
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) have issued a warning against a new procedure whereby a patient's fat is removed by liposuction and then used to enhance the patient's breasts.
A 21 year old woman who died in a Dutch hospital after undergoing liposuction weighed just 54 kilograms, raising questions about her need for such surgery.
Doctors from Duke University Medical Center have introduced a new scoring system that predicts the risk to an individual patient in undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
A Brazilian woman charged with her ex-husband after the death of a patient undergoing liposuction has asked for the charges against her to be dropped. The woman claims that she did not assist in the fatal procedure and was not even in the room when it was performed.
The Supreme Court in The Bahamas has awarded a local woman damages of more than $200,000 for the pain and suffering she endured following a breast reduction procedure performed there nine years ago.
A German belly dancer was awarded compensation of 17,500 Euros (USD$23,300) after her plastic surgeon accidentally removed one of her buttocks in a botched liposuction procedure.














































