Body Contouring Following Bariatric Surgery
RACHEL BLUEBOND-LANGNER, MD Twenty-three-year-old TJ has struggled with his weight throughout his life. TJ tried to diet and exercise but this was not working. He consulted with the team of physicians...
View ArticleGenetic Testing for Ovarian Cancer
ALBERT STEREN, MD CASE Julia is a 49-year-old woman with a significant family history of gynecologic and breast cancer. Julia’s mother was diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer at age 52 and died of...
View ArticleCollagenase Injection: An Alternative to Surgery for Dupuytren’s Contracture
JESSICA BROWN, MD Case A 49-year-old woman with blue eyes and fair skin presented with severe Dupuytren’s contracture of her little finger. She first noted thickening of her palmar fascia and a nodule...
View ArticleGenetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
CHRISTY HAAKONSEN, ScM, CGC CASE Sarah is a 49-year-old woman with an extensive family history of gastrointestinal cancer. Her brother was diagnosed with colon cancer at 34. Her father was diagnosed...
View ArticleSpinal Cord Stimulation: Alternative to Pain Medication
SUDHIR R. RAO, MD Case: A 51-year-old woman presented with severe lower-back and leg pain that had been taking a toll on her life since she had fallen down a flight of stairs nearly five years earlier....
View ArticlePreventing Amputation With Surgical Foot Reconstruction
By: Normal A. Siddiqui, DPM, MHA A 60-year-old female with a history of Type 2 diabetes, neuropathy and high blood pressure related that she had developed a non-healing sore after she noticed her “arch...
View ArticleBariatric Surgery: Safe and Effective
Barry Greene, MD, FACS, FASMBS Case RW is a 66-year-old gentleman with a body mass index (BMI) of 54. He presented with poorly controlled diabetes, hypertension, gout, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis,...
View ArticleUndescended Testes: Less Imaging and Early Referral Reduces Cost, Risk and...
BY ROBERT A. MEVORACH, MD, FSPU, FAAP Case In this case a 12-year-old boy received a new diagnosis of a right non-palpable undescended testicle, which was discovered on a routine sports physical at an...
View ArticleAdvantages of Anterior Hip Arthroplasty
By Farshad Adib, MD Case FJ is a 57-year-old male who had bilateral hip replacement and needed a right hip revision arthroplasty due to acetabular osteolysis and multiple hip dislocations. After...
View ArticleDonated Cards Allow Metastatic Cancer Patients to Convey Love Beyond Death
By Lillie Shockney, RN, BS, MAS As the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center for nearly two decades and the director of Johns Hopkins Cancer Survivorship programs for our cancer...
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