ReCon Surgical

10/17/2013

New blog article up on ReConSurgical.com about "backyard biotech" companies -- these small, private-run drug research companies are utilizing email, social-networking and virtual communication to accomplish what the "big labs" are doing. Take a look and COMMENT!... http://ow.ly/pUKgG

Below is a very interesting article about a small, private-run drug research company -- whose headquarters is in the attic of someone's home. It seems as though these little "backyard" biotech companies might be the way of the future, with regards to drug research and development. Read through the a...

03/28/2013

Healthcare Reform -- A new category that has been added to ReconSurgical.com.

Here, you can post new ideas, comment and discuss ways to improve healthcare. http://ow.ly/juT1m

This page is for those interested in new ideas and approaches to healthcare reform. If you have an idea, click on “Have an Idea?” (on the right) and post it! Others can view your idea and leave feedback. This provides a great forum to raise questions and further develop the idea, with the goal of tu...

03/11/2013

New blog post on ReCon regarding the opacity of health care and medical procedure pricing.
http://ow.ly/iLOvD

A fairly recent editorial in the Tampa Bay Times discussed the need for “shining a light” on healthcare costs. A study was conducted where one researcher called over 100 different hospitals in every state to find an answer to a simple question: What is the estimated cost for a hip replacement on a 6...

01/03/2013

We are in the early stages of our YouTube Channel but here is our page! http://www.youtube.com/reconsurgicalvideos

Check back for more videos soon!

ReCon Surgical is a Healthcare Innovation Social Networking site that encourages collaboration among surgeons, physicians, patients and others in the healthc...

12/31/2012

We are working on creating a YouTube channel to stream line all of Reconsurgical.com's videos in one place! Stay tuned.

10/18/2012

NEW Article Post on ReCon on Hilton Becker M.D. Board Certified Plastic Surgeon's lecture at the 2012 ISAPS 21st Congress - The Use of Synthetic Mesh in Cosmetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery.

http://reconsurgical.com/becker-use-of-synthetic-mesh

Dr. Hilton Becker presented a lecture on The Use of Synthetic Mesh in Cosmetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery at the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 21st Congress in September 2012.

10/18/2012

New blog on Recon

Gabriella discusses the future of collaboration in medical research

http://reconsurgical.com/collaboratively-speaking-blog

You’ve heard the phrase a hundred times:Two heads are better than one; three heads are better than two.You may have even seen this principle put into practice in your own home: the whole family helps clear the table after dinner, as opposed to one person taking on the work load themselves. Things ca...

10/18/2012

New blog/video on ReCon:
Evolution of Mastectomy Techniques

http://reconsurgical.com/evolution-of-mastectomy

10/18/2012

New blog/video on ReconSurgical.com about Skin/Ni**le Sparing Mastectomy with TIGR Mesh and Sientra Gel implant

http://reconsurgical.com/skin-nipple-sparing-mastectomy

08/15/2012

NEW IDEA: Use of Botulinum Toxin for Prevention of Post Incisional Hernia After Laparotomy http://bit.ly/QCC1yH

There has been much investigation into the use of Botulinum Toxin injection into the oblique musculature as an aid for the management of large ventral hernia repairs. This aimed towards facilitating the approximation of the re**us abdominis muscles back towards the midline. This facilitated by bot...

06/28/2012

New BLOG entry on ReCon Surgical, comes all the way from Australia! Rena discusses corrective breast implant surgery and becoming a smart patient... http://www.reconsurgical.com/node/109

There is a significant increase in the number of women who are getting corrective breast surgery this year due to the issue on low quality breast implants. Unfortunately for these women, they relied on the wrong brands which lead them to be exposed to harmful substances that are slowly creating havo...

06/14/2012

New IDEA on ReCon: Use of ShearWave Elastography to Assess Sentinel Lymph Nodes Prior to Axillary Lymph Node Dissection http://reconsurgical.com/node/108

Dr Christophe Tourasse from Lyon, France, recently published in the European Journal of Radiology the results of the preliminary study he performed on women who were scheduled to have breast surgery for know breast cancer, with concomitant sentinel node excision and lymphoscintigraphy.