The placement of breast implants is a highly personalized procedure with many variables to consider. What works for one woman won’t necessarily work for the next. Chicago breast implants surgeon Gregory Dumanian has compiled a short guide to the various breast implant options. Filling Material Dr. Dumanian offers saline and silicone gel implants. There are…Read More…
What happens to the muscles on the side after a components release? Do they weaken?
There are three side muscles–the external oblique, the internal oblique, and the transversus abdominis. The most common version of the components release hernia repair cuts the external oblique muscle as it inserts onto the vertical rectus abdominis muscles. The side muscles become more compliant (stretchy) with the external oblique cut, allowing the rectus abdominis muscles…Read More…
Tips for Healing from Plastic Surgery
Healing from a surgical procedure is different for everyone, and the experience varies depending on the specific procedure(s) performed and the individual. However, there are a few commonalities in the healing process. The first two to three days after surgery will be the most uncomfortable, and patients typically spend most of the time in bed…Read More…
TMR in the news in southern Illinois
Dr. Dumanian is given credit for the development of TMR used to treat this patient in southern Illinois. http://www.sj-r.com/article/20140323/NEWS/140329739/
Targeted Muscle Reinnervation for Neuroma Pain in Amputees
Here is a link to an article about our ongoing randomized clinical trial in controlling pain in the limbs of amputees with TMR nerve transfers. http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/news/2014/03/Dumanian_nerve_research.html
AWR (Abdominal Wall Reconstruction) Meeting, Washington DC, 2014
Dr. Dumanian will give three lectures at the AWR meeting this coming June. The first will be entitled “The tissue response to synthetic and biologic materials”. The second is “Local and free flap reconstruction”. The third is “Perforator Sparing: Why not the standard”. On June 13, he will be on a panel entitled “Stump the…Read More…
American Association of Plastic Surgeons Meeting 2014
Dr. Dumanian will present a talk on the use of mesh in abdominal wall reconstruction at the 2014 AAPS meeting in Florida.
2013 Trends in Plastic Surgery Innovation Award
http://www.thepsf.org/research/achievement-awards/innovation-challenge/current-recipients.htm
Nerve transfers for end-neuroma pain–article found in “Neurology Today”
Mesh suture presentations
Dr. Dumanian has led an effort to develop a new type of surgical suture for abdominal wall closures. Called “mesh suture”, the innovative suture design allows the tissues to grow into the suture itself for an improved tissue hold. Dr. Dumanian’s team will present their findings on experimental rat hernia closures comparing a “mesh suture”…Read More…