2008 Hot Topics Print

New Technology – Past, Present and Future - The Hype, the Myths, the Science of What Works and What Doesn’t – Smart Lipo / Laser Lipo – Where are We with this Technology?

Smart Lipo / Laser Lipo Mini-Panel
Randomized Double-Blinded Study - Arturo Prado, MD
Smart Lipo Clinical Trial – Barry E. DiBernardo, MD
Early Clinical Experience – Jeffrey M. Kenkel, MD
Topical Botox Revance – Michael A. C. Kane, MD
Body Thermage – Long-Term Follow-Up – Robert Singer, MD

Threadlift for Face
Current Status and Long-Term Follow-Up – Gregory Ruff, MD

LipoDissolve, Mesotherapy, Injection Lipolysis
Baltimore Hot Topics Review / Current Status – William P. Adams, Jr., MD
ASERF Clinical Trial – V. Leroy Young, MD

New Horizons – Fat and Stem Cells
Stem Cell: Emerging Applications – J. Peter Rubin, MD
New Horizons in Lipo Transfer – Kataro Yoshimura, MD
Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. – Autologous Fat Transfer System – Early Clinical Experience – Michael Scheflan, MD

Surgical Hot Topics
PDS Foil in Rhinoplasty – Martin H. Kelly, MD
Benelli vs. Interlocking Gortex PA Suture Study – Arturo Prado, MD
18-Month Follow-Up on Saline Lip Implants – Miles Graivier, MD
Acellular Bio-Product in Aesthetic Breast/Facial Surgery – Neal R. Reisman, MD
Surgicis for Correction of Naso-Labial Folds – Robert F. Centeno, MD

Fall Hot Topics in Chicago – Joe M. Gryskiewicz, MD
Liposonics
UltraShape
Juvista
GFX
Harmonic Scalpel
Intralipid Rescue from Marcaine Toxicity
Serum Lipids following Smart Lipo

Imaging Hot Topics
Pearls of Digital Photography – What You Need to Know to Get the Right Image Barry E. DiBernardo, MD
3D Imaging – Clinical Relevance and Application
a. Canfield – Nolan S. Karp, MD
b. Axis 3 – Steven Teitelbaum, MD
c. Scientifically Assessing Breast Bottoming Out with 3D Technology – Nolan S. Karp, MD

Fillers/Lasers
Evolence Study – 12-Month Follow-Up – Z. Paul Lorenc, MD
Long-Term Immunologic Response Following Glymetrix Collagen Implant – Z. Paul Lorenc, MD
Complications of Fillers – Catherine Bergeret-Galley, MD
New Technology in Skin Resurfacing – Kenneth Rothaus, MD
a. Plasma Skin Resurfacing
b. Non-Ablative Fractional Resurfacing – 1540/1550
c. Ablative Fractional Resurfacing – Erbium/CO2

Wound Closure Adjuncts/Technologies
Insorb Staples and Angiotech Barbed Suture
a. Insorb Closure Times Clinical Trial – Kevin J. Cross, MD
b. Wound Closure with Barbed Suture Initial Experience – Jeffrey M. Kenkel, MD
c. Complications of Barbed Suture for Wound Closure – Joseph P. Hunstad, MD
d. Insorb – 2-Year Follow-Up – Steven Teitelbaum, MD
e. Counterpoint – Robert F. Centeno, MD