Christopher Anthony Stone FRCS(Plast)
Consultant in Reconstructive & Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Latest medico-legal & cosmetic surgery industry news and opinion

Cosmetic surgery tourism: value for money or a leap into the unknown?

By admin on June 27, 2013
A research group based at Leeds University, led by Professor Ruth Holliday, hosted a stakeholder event at the Leeds Radisson Hotel on 24 June 2013 to consider what motivates patients to seek cosmetic surgery abroad and the potential pitfalls and the socio-economic impact of cosmetic surgery tourism.
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Burning issues in Medico-legal Practice

By admin on June 17, 2013
Last week saw the launch of a series of medico-legal seminars hosted by the Devon and Exeter Medico-legal Association (DEMLA). The seminars have replaced the traditional bi-annual conference format in creating a modern and more focused platform from which to address the burning issues in medico-legal practice. DEMLA have been successful in recruiting leading guest […]
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New meta-analysis examines survival from breast cancer in women with breast implants

By admin on May 22, 2013
Patients considering breast augmentation surgery will often enquire whether the presence of silicone breast implants either causes breast cancer, or makes the early detection of breast cancer by mammography more difficult. The answer to the first question is that there is no evidence to link breast implants with the development of cancer in the breast. […]
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Update from Melanoma Focus

By admin on April 29, 2013
The inaugural annual regional meeting of 'Melanoma Focus' was held in Bristol this week. Among the speakers was Dr Luca Campana of the University of Padova, Italy. Dr Campana outlined his experience with electrochemotherapy for advanced malignant melanoma, as well as a variety of other tumour types including soft tissue sarcomas. Electrochemotherapy uses an electrical […]
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Mr Stone attends the BAPRAS advanced course in cosmetic surgery in Manchester

By admin on April 19, 2013
Plastic surgeons gathered in Manchester this week for a two-day advanced course in cosmetic breast surgery. The British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) hosted the event, which attracted speakers from the UK, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Brazil, USA and Canada. Dr Elizabeth Hall-Findlay (Banff, Alberta) provided delegates with an insight into her views […]
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Cosmetic industry report will call for legally qualified doctors and therapists

By admin on April 8, 2013
The cosmetic surgery industry awaits the publication of Sir Bruce Keogh's report later this month which is expected to call for the introduction better training and a legal qualification for beauty therapists providing cosmetic injection treatments. Professional organisations have been quick to endorse these proposals which also promise to bring an end to the sharp […]
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