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Tendon Repair Surgery: Hand Function, Rehabilitation and Recovery Timeline
A kitchen knife slipped during a Sunday roast in Bristol, and a 42-year-old mother was left with a deep cut across her palm. The blade had…
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DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction: Using Abdominal Tissue After Mastectomy
A woman sat in a consultation room at Acıbadem Maslak Hospital, lost in thought. She'd just been told she would need a mastectomy. The…
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Keloid Scar Removal: Surgery, Steroid Treatment and Recurrence Prevention
A woman in Manchester noticed a small bump on her earlobe after a piercing. Over time it grew into a firm, raised mass that spread well…
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Nipple Reconstruction After Mastectomy: Surgical and Tattoo Options
When TV presenter Sarah Beeney spoke publicly about her mastectomy in 2022, she described losing the nipple as losing a part of herself. Her…
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Hand Surgery: Reconstructive Treatment for Tendons, Nerves and Trauma
A concert pianist in London lost the feeling in three fingers after a cycling accident. She couldn't play a note — the hand she'd trained…
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Carpal Tunnel Surgery: Open vs Endoscopic Release and Recovery
A 52-year-old teacher in Manchester first noticed her fingers going numb. She'd shake her hands out and carry on. Months later, though, she…
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Breast Reconstruction: Implant and Tissue-Based Options After Cancer
She sat in the waiting room of a London breast clinic clutching a leaflet, the ink smudged from her grip. Three weeks earlier her surgeon…
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Dupuytren’s Contracture Surgery: Fasciectomy, Needle Treatment and Recovery
Margaret Thatcher kept her hands hidden in her later years. People speculated about why. Those close to her knew the truth: she had…
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Skin Cancer Reconstruction: Restoring Form and Function After Tumour Removal
A retired schoolteacher from Surrey sat in her consultant's office, tracing the small mark on her nose with a fingertip. The biopsy had…
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Facial Reconstruction After Skin Cancer: Flaps, Grafts and Scar Planning
A retired teacher from Sussex had a small lesion on her nose pointed out by her dermatologist. It looked like nothing — she'd been ignoring…
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Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: Stages, Recovery and Long-Term Choices
When Sarah Harding, the Girls Aloud singer, spoke openly about her breast cancer in 2020, her story struck a chord with women across the UK…
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Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy: Immediate vs Delayed Surgery
Sarah was forty-three when the worst news arrived. Sitting in a London NHS hospital, she was told she needed a mastectomy. The diagnosis…
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