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."
