"A follow up on a story we first brought you a year ago. Garret
Lafever lost his thumb in a woodworking accident. It was a
devastating loss since the thumb is responsible for 40 percent of
function of the hand. But a team of doctors, including UCSF Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgeon, Dr. Scott Hansen, at St. Mary's
Hospital in San Francisco offered him an unusual solution --
transplant his big toe in its place -- and it worked."
Cranial Re-animation Surgery Used to Treat Mobius Syndrome
NevadaAppeal.com - Jan 22, 2008
"Last June, Ashlee underwent an eight-hour surgery at UCSF
performed by Dr. William
Hoffman, chief of the school's division of plastic and
reconstructive surgery. The procedure was called a "cranial
re-animation." Surgeons removed nerves and muscles from Ashlee's
thigh and transplanted them to her face through an incision behind
her ear."
"A new surgery center at St. Mary's Hospital in San
Francisco uses a teamwork approach to complex reconstructive
surgeries. Specialists from St. Mary's and UCSF are partnering to
offer state-of-the-art treatment for patients like Garrett La
Fever, who lost part of his hand in a woodworking accident"...."Dr.
Charles Lee and UCSF plastic surgeon, Scott Hansen, performed the complex, 6-hour procedure
as a team at St. Mary's Plastic Reconstructive and Orthopedic
Surgery Center."
"Most of the 325,000 tummy tucks, breast augmentations and lifts
done in 2006 were "mommy makeovers," or postpartum moms turning to
plastic surgery to erase evidence of pregnancy. Dr. Mary McGrath, a professor of plastic surgery at
UCSF, urges postpartum moms to wait at least six months before
seeking surgery."
