DORAL, Fla. (WSVN) — Some audience members and an invited guest are describing a brawl that broke out during the taping of a local television show.
Corey Eubanks, one of the key figures arrested for botched plastic surgery enhancements allegedly made at home stepped forward Wednesday night with accusations he was attacked at the "Pa'lante con Cristina" show. His attorney has said a syringe was used as a weapon.
the topic of the show grabbed national headlines. Shakonda Brown was one of those who Eubanks is accused of injecting patients with cement, flat tire sealant and Super Glue to enhance their buttocks, while assisting O'Neal Ron Morris. both have been charged with practicing medicine without a license and face charges of leaving patients with life-threatening injuries as a result of the botched buttock enhancement procedures.
Brown said, "it escalated, something so big. my sister was there as well. it just got out of proportion. he knows what he did," she added about Eubanks. "He's denying what he did. he almost took my life. I have kids to live for. I have no remorse for Corey Eubanks…"
Eubanks and Brown were both invited guests to talk about underground plastic surgery. however neither one had known the other was also invited. about 15 minutes into taping, they saw each other and tensions apparently boiled over. "it was crazy," said Jesus Eserada who was in the audience. "they were outrageous. I don't know why it was like that. It's unreal what happened in there."
Eubanks' attorney, Jim Lewis, said Brown attacked his client. "I was sitting there talking to Cristina. the mother jumped out of the audience, came and grabbed the syringe and threw it in my face," said Corey Eubanks. "it hit me in my forehead.
Eubanks' lawyer is upset the attack happened in the first place. "we had been assured by the Cristina show that this would not happen, that there would be adequate security, and my client would not be in fear," said Lewis.
"No one attacked him," countered Brown. "it was a big brawl. it just got out of hand."
Police are reviewing that tape, and, right now, the Browns are not facing any charges.
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RESTON, Va., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Link Solutions, Inc. (LSi), a rapidly growing provider of high-end solutions to the federal government, announced today that it has received International Standards Organization (ISO) 20000 certification.
ISO 20000 is a customer-focused international standard that contains the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practices for information technology (IT) service management, for the most cost-effective and efficient service delivery. The ISO 20000 Standard promotes an integrated process approach to deliver managed service in order to meet requirements.
LSi was presented with a Certificate of Registration for ISO 20000 and now holds Certificate Number: A1013UIT. with this, LSi becomes the 36th Company in the U.S. to attain this certification. We are now one of very few Small Businesses to have this certification and ISO 9001:2008.
To gain certification, LSI was required to pass a challenging evaluation of our management practices conducted by an independent auditor. LSi’s ISO 20000 initiative began in early 2009, and was led by the company’s President and COO, John Barrass. less than a year after beginning preparation, LSi passed the formal assessment which was conducted by QAS International.
“Our ISO 20000 certification was a definite milestone for LSi and reaffirms our unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction and continual improvement,” said the company’s Founder and CEO, Bhupesh Wadhawan. “with a strong management team, capable employees, excellent training, and a dedication to delivering quality services, LSi has earned a well-regarded reputation among customers for outstanding performance of their mission-critical systems.”
The ISO 20000 certification confirms that LSi’s management practices and processes are tightly controlled and applied consistently. The quality of service delivered to our customers is enhanced and improved through the reduction of process inconsistencies, and customer feedback becomes paramount to decisions made by LSi management in the future direction of what the organization can provide.
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Since 2006, LSi has provided the U.S. government with mission critical solutions — supporting our employees and Partners as an engine to drive the support to customers’ missions. Solutions are developed in our core competencies of information technology, security solutions and Business Operations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, LSi is committed to ensuring repeatable processes with high-quality, low-risk results for our customers.
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A knifeman who launched a frenziedattack on an elderly woman waiting for a bus was trapped by his own spit.
David Walters, 22, stabbed the terrified 74-year-old victim six times at random while screaming: ‘Die! Die!’
The woman needed plastic surgery following the horrific attack in Chorlton, Manchester.
Walters was caught when a policeman at a CCTV monitoring station in the city centre viewed footage taken by a camera opposite the bus stop seconds before the attack.
Pc David Westmancoat spotted a man, carrying what appeared to be a knife approaching the scene – and pausing to spit on the pavement.
Pc Westmancoat radioed colleagues and directed Pc Lee Coulson to the exact spot where he had seen thesuspect spit.
As a result forensic officers were able to gather crucial DNA evidence. And when they they ran it through a national database it provided a match with Walters.
He was arrested the next day and has now pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to attempted murder. he will be sentenced on April 2.
Police believe Walters, of Vixen Close, Chorlton, had argued with a relative before taking out his anger on his defenceless victim.
The attack took place at a bus stop in Arrowfield Road, near Southern Cemetery, at 10.30am on December 30.
Walters punched the woman in the face – cutting her lip – before stabbing her with the knife. the woman suffered a serious hand-wound as she fought desperately to protect herself.
Walters than ran off into a housing estate. a policeman who arrived at the scene gave the victim – who volunteers at her local church – his crucifix to hold while they waited for an ambulance.
She was taken to Wythenshawe Hospital and treated for puncture wounds and cuts to her back, stomach and hand. She spent several days in hospital.
Det Insp Lee Price, of Greater Manchester Police, said she had been left ‘petrified and severely traumatised’ by her ordeal.
He added: “This was a random and unprovoked attack. We may never know why the man decided to take out his anger on this lady.
“I have no doubt that the attacker was intent on killing her.
“Walters’ guilty plea is a great result for us and stems from excellent police work, plus terrific support from the local community.”
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A controversial industry is in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Health Editor Barry Nelson reports.
VETERAN feminist writer Bea Campbell is deeply troubled about the growing breast implants crisis that seems to be in the headlines every day.
Tens of thousands of women across the UK are demanding the removal of leaking or potentially leaking French-made PIP breast implants, including many in the North-East.
but for Ms Campbell, who divides her time between Newcastle and London, the real scandal is the fact that the number of women having breast augmentation has grown enormously over the past decade.
Figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps) show that the number of cosmetic procedures in 2010 went up by five per cent compared to the previous year to a total of 38,274.
One of the biggest increases was in breast augmentation, which increased by ten per cent in 2010.
Because Baaps surgeons only carry out about a third of all cosmetic surgery, the true figure is probably well over 100,000 a year.
“There is something doubly tragic about this story,” says Ms Campbell.
“Number one is that a company has disgracefully exploited women’s anxieties about their bodies – and they have now been exposed – but there is a general issue which has emerged from this whole scandal that thousands of women feel that somehow they will feel better about their bodies if their bodies are surgically violated. Because that is what is going on here.”
Ms Campbell, who has worked as a journalist, broadcaster and academic, added: “It seems to me that it is a kind of collective self-harm.
what it reveals is that there is an epidemic of anxiety amongst women about their bodies.”
she says no one should be too surprised at that.
“Go into any corner shop or any station and look at the rack of women’s magazines. Go online to some of our newspapers and every day you get a kind of vicious scrutiny of women’s legs, women’s bosoms, women’s bottoms. Every inch, every little blob of non-perfection is mocked and derided. it is absolutely dreadful.”
While she says feminist perspectives have been maligned and mocked in recent years, she says one of the great contributions that feminism made when she was a young woman was to encourage women “to feel proud of their worth, to feel good in their own skin and to not allow themselves to be constantly judged. the freedom from that perpetual judgement was so releasing”.
Today, she feels that young women would benefit from more feminism in our schools “rather than more self-hatred”.
but that negative view of the rise in cosmetic surgery is not shared by North-East plastic surgeon Keith Allison, a member of Baaps.
mr Allison has had a busy private practice at the Nuffield Health Tees Hospital, in Stockton, for seven years, as well as his NHS work in the region.
Most of his work is looking after women who have had breast cancer and need reconstructive surgery.
HOWEVER, a substantial minority are people who have decided they want to change the shape or size of their breasts.
He said: “Most patients requesting breast enhancement surgery are often small-built ladies or ladies who have very little breast tissue, and the commonest reasons for wanting an operation to enhance their breast shape and size is to increase their self-esteem, to make their clothes feel and fit better.”
Other women have virtually no breasts, but prominent hips, and want more of an hourglass figure.
He said: “These ladies are nearly always happy with their operation. they get a great improvement in their quality of life in terms of self-confidence.”
He also points out that the technology to carry out many cosmetic surgery procedures has been around since the Sixties.
He says: “It is like a lady looking in a mirror and putting some lipstick on. they are doing this to feel better, maybe to be more attractive to the opposite sex. Cosmetic surgery is just an extreme version of this.” However, he adds that women considering having cosmetic surgery, including breast augmentation, should be fully aware that different hospitals and clinics provide different services.
He says there is a two-tier service, with providers such as the Nuffield group offering a high-quality service compared to some private clinics, where cheaper implants are inserted by surgeons who are not necessarily cosmetic surgery specialists.
He says: “The playing field is not level. the buyer must beware.
“The implants I have used have never had any problems, but if there were any problems, of course, I would look after my patients.”
Gemma Pepper, a 29-year-old mother-of-two from Middleton St George, near Darlington, had suspect PIP implants put in privately two years ago.
she recently travelled to London to take part in a demonstration against two private clinics that have so far refused to pay for women to have the implants taken out.
Ms Pepper, who says she is now in constant pain from her right breast and is waiting to see if the NHS will help her, says people such as Ms Campbell do not understand why women have breast enhancement.
she says: “They all think we are glamour models and we are doing it for vain reasons, but the majority of these women have a very low self-confidence.”
in her own case, she says her breasts changed dramatically after feeding her two children for years.
“Mine virtually disappeared. I was a full C cup but I went to a double A cup. it affected me to the extent that it was detrimental to my marriage.”
Ms Campbell says there is one further aspect of cosmetic surgery that affects many women in the North-East.
she says: “It is primarily an industry that has exploited middle class and well-off women, but it has also left working class women feeling c**p because they cannot afford it.”
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Saints Row is about as far away from sensible as you can possibly get. It’s ridiculous brand of gang violence and low-brow humour has slowly managed to endear the series to the gaming community over the course of the last few years. With GTA IV going all gritty Saints Row 2 really brought back the kind of humour to sandbox games that GTA San Andreas first introduced. Saints Row: The Third carries on the series’ great tradition ludicrous dick-jokes and over-the-top action even trying to crank it up a notch.
It’s been a while since the Third Street Saints rose to power in Stilwater and they are now so big they have their own clothing label, energy drink and even a big-budget movie deal. their fame has spread all across the country and the gang’s leaders are more big superstars than they are hardened criminals.
while executing a bank heist with the star of their film tagging along to get into the character, something goes wrong. The bank turns out to be controlled by a multi-national criminal organisation known as The Syndicate who are trying to muscle in on the Saints’ territory in Stilwater. as the Saints’ try to steal the vault they are ambushed and kidnapped by The Syndicate.
The game wakes up in a plane over the city of Steelport and are offered a deal by The Syndicate’s leader makes them the kind of offer they can’t refuse. of course, they do and after a very ridiculous gunfight and the sad loss of Johnny Gat on the plane the gang end up escaping and getting stranded in Steelport with no money.
And so it begins again. The Saints’ natural urge to dominate the city and get revenge swings into action and very soon you’ll have killed a whole bunch of gangsters in order to steal their nifty penthouse and set up shop in town.
There are three obstacles to dominating Steelport and getting at The Syndicate, the Morning Stars – the world’s most emo gang ever, the Luchadores – a bunch of nutters wearing Luchadore masks and the Deckers a very tech-oriented gang who seem to be obsessed with Blade Runner by the look of their outfits. All three have their own territories, unique gang heraldry and a rather fierce territorial nature and all three need to be defeated in order to get anywhere near The Syndicate’s top brass.
Volition has thrown in a couple of new features to really broaden the complexity of Saints Row: The Third without actually making it any more complex to play. Firstly, the usual heat meter not only applies to the police but also to whatever gang is in control of the area. this makes for some interesting three way battles between the Saints, the cops and gangs. The gangs also have access to helicopter-based snipers and other specialised fighters like massive brutes and unique heavy weapons making prolonged combat with one faction a fairly challenging prospect.
The next mechanic is a nifty little levelling up device which allows you to use cash to buy upgrades for your character like faster health regeneration, larger ammo capacity, dual wielding on weapons and the ability to call in other crew members to help in a fire fight. The upgrades are unlocked as you gain respect from completing missions and challenges throughout Steelport.
You can also earn money and control over an area of the city by purchasing real estate. There is a myriad of residential, commercial and industrial properties for sale from a cola factory to an organ smuggling operation at the docks as well as all the different clothing and weaponry stores, plastic surgeons and car tuning workshops. every property owned increases the amount of income you get every hour and helps you get that much closer to ruling Steelport. There is also the opportunity to go on the Professor Genki’s Super-Ethical Reality Climax, an insane Japanese-themed reality gameshow where you kill mascots and dodge deadly traps to earn cash.
Saints Row: The Third is every bit as much fun as you would expect from the series. There’s crazy weapons like The Penetrator, a cross between a baseball bat and a giant purple dildo, the opportunity to cross dress, and even streak, loads of base-jumping and skydiving opportunities and plenty of overly ostentatious ways to tick out your favourite cars.
Steelport itself feels very welcoming and has the comfortable homey feel of a GTA city rather than the slightly sterile feel that Stilwater had. There is a lot of comfort to be had in the controls which are a smooth refinement of the scheme that has worked well for the series thus far. Driving is simple and smooth and running and shooting work very nicely as well. trying to do a drive-by shooting while driving is a bit of a pain but then again you are trying to do two rather complex actions at once. One really cool addition to the game is the beatdowns and rush melee attacks. as well as mapping each fist onto the appropriate shoulder button, sprinting at a random enemy and pressing the right shoulder button will perform and impressive wrestling inspired move that will see you ape some of the WWE’s greatest superstars. Approaching an enemy an pressing the left shoulder button will engage a simple and short QTE enhanced beatdown with extra respect points earned for successfully following the on-screen prompts.
Visually there is a huge difference between this and Saints Row 2. The second installment in the series was a bit disappointing, visually as it was rendered at a sub-720p standard which made playing it feel a bit underwhelming. Saints Row: The Third, while not pushing the visual boundaries in the kind of way that Uncharted 2 did, is a very handsome game. The city views, especially from the Saints’ penthouse crib are very pretty and the city flows round fast moving vehicles in a very fluid manner.
Saints Row: The Third throws a lot of nifty refinements at you and with the addition of things like Professor Genki it does add new layers of stupidity to an already ludicrous brand. you could quite easily spend the whole day cruising around Steelport looking for goofy things to do and not really notice the time go by. Still, it feels like now Volition has settled into a formula for the series and while it is still very entertaining there is not any real innovation here. Yes, it looks better and yes, it does more of the crazy nonsense you’d expect from Saints Row but it does feel like the imagination is starting to go a little bit. nevertheless it provides just the right amount of murderous madness that is expected from the Saints Row series.
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Charlie’s (Victor Garber) old friend’s yacht is hijacked by Mercer (Pedro Pascal) who is wanted for kidnapping. he demands a $5 million ransom. "my angels were The Answers to his prayers." Hey Bosley said similar in 1.4 Angels in Chains, "They do answer my prayers," he tells Samantha. Abby (Rachael Taylor) comments on this being another day in paradise when they go ahead with the rescue. Eve (Minka Kelly) and Bosley (Ramon Rodriguez) dive underwater and they reach the yacht that way. Abby demands proof of life and Mercer shows him the boy. They fight the kidnappers and Abby does her ‘Xenia Onatopp’ (Famke Janssen) impression from the 007 Goldeneye movie. (But not as suggestive.) Mercer escapes overboard and the explosion is so fake CGI.
Theo, the boy, draws a pic of The Angels but leaves out Bosley. he got footage from the card on the camcorder of a mother and son. Charlie Calls Bosley, ‘John’ now. They need to take down Mercer. Jennifer Wright‘s (Dina Meyer) son, Wyatt (Albert Frezzer) is a polo player. Abby knows her but not by name. Her real name is Lisa Hanson and she was the wife of disgraced NY banker, Michael (Mark Kiely) who was laundering money. She turned in her husband. it was easy for Bosley to find her old ID, know he’s a great hacker and all that but if he could do it, I’m sure others could do it. so much for just changing her name.
Jennifer says she wants a new start for Wyatt. Michael Died by jumping from a building and he didn’t leave them anything. They need to stay at a safe house. Abby tries to convince Wyatt to go along with them and Lily is his girlfriend. She hasn’t seen him play yet. She tells him about her disgraced father, Victor Sampson (John Terry) , so they have a lot in common. Now she’s mentioned daddy dearest he has to make an appearance. Abby tells him she’ll find a way to let him play. why weren’t Abby and Kate (Annie Ilonzeh) not in disguise since Mercer has seen them both, but he hasn’t seen Eve? Bosley is wearing shirt number 1 and Charlie got him on the team. Bosley: "I live to surprise you ladies." And he does too, since there’s plenty they don’t know about him, just like Charlie. Abby: "Bosley; the riddle, wrapped in an enigma and covered in Ralph Lauren." (He has a scent called Ralph Lauren Polo.)
Mercer is in communication with a man and he recognizes them. Kate sees a man carrying a camera and sporting a beard but they lose him. What are they, amateurs? obviously that man is after Wyatt cos it’s obvious that man is his father. Wyatt is taken after Bosley is knocked out. Eve is on the case and rides a horse to the trailer, where she shoots at it, getting Wyatt back. Abby thinks revenge is a great place to start. Jennifer doesn’t recognize the man and Bosley doesn’t have any luck either. Cue Charlie and his suggestion of a friend at the Attorney Generals in DC who found a connection. every week Michael Had a power lunch with Abby’s father, Victor – Michael’s mentor. Bosley thinks her father can ID him. Kate reminds her he’s been reaching out to Abby, as we saw those letters from him she discarded in the Pilot episode.
Charlie’ thinks Victor’s their best chance of finding the man but she hasn’t seen him in five years and Kate adds he’s her father. Does she need reminding? Abby recalls the father/daughter dance he missed when she was 14. She stole the Rhodan from his study one day and gave it to him on his birthday. that got her noticed. Wyatt makes it to the polo world cup team. Bosley says they can’t contact anyone, so first chance he gets he’ll get out somehow.
Abby’s mother and brothers don’t talk to her – they’re both thieves. Ken was his fave and he’s in rehab. She didn’t read his letters but she needs his help and asks him about Michael. if he helps her she’ll need to visit him every week. he was his mentor so Victor would know he’s alive, he tells her about chess. There’s only one reason why Michael would want him: his son. His strategy is that pawns have info on the king. She needs to look hard to find The Answer, even though it was staring them in the face. oh no joke here about plastic surgery, I assure you. IF they had nothing and couldn’t pay a ransom who else would want Wyatt, but his father.
Bosley looked at the profiles of all of Michael’s’ employees and his personal staff, one stood out, Francisco Gonzalez, his personal bodyguard. he now runs a restaurant. Bosley and Kate pretend to be health inspectors and distract him so Abby can take his key. She’s a master thief but she needs his key to break into his easily accessible apartment. What a joke. She finds a photo of Wyatt, a beard, fake and medication and still the penny doesn’t drop. Her aunt used such medication for plastic surgery. Bosley catches the bearded man outside who admits Wyatt is his son. he faked his suicide and wants Wyatt back.
Wyatt sneaks out to see Lily and uses the old shower ploy. why bother with the shower anyway? Lily tells Eve he was taken by a man. Jennifer slaps Michael. Mercer calls to arrange a meet and it’s surprising he didn’t hear Jennifer breathing on the other end. he demands more money. They foil the meet and get Wyatt back with Michael attempting to get away, so much for wanting his son. he meets Bosley in the lift.
Charlie is sorry she had to see her father but she said he helped them with the case. Charlie is adamant The Angels cracked the case, yeah cos it was that difficult. but earlier on Charlie said Victor could help them. Kate reminds not all families are screwed up, The Angels aren’t and they’re family. Victor made a chess set in prison for her. he knew Michael was alive as already said and he knew Abby would work it out. Abby wonders if they ever stopped playing and he wants to know where she met Charlie but she’s never seen him in person. he worries about her and was angry when she was arrested. Charlie gave her a second chance. Victor: "Charles Townsend has an agenda." when he reveals it, she’ll "know if he’s truly on the side of angels." Another breadcrumb that was meant to keep us watching. Charlie with an ulterior motive? Never heard of that in the original angels. was he building his own angel army, ha?
In the original Charlie’s Angels episode Angels on Horseback, there’s an angel’s chase scene entirely on horseback. here Eve got a few seconds and even managed to shoot out the trailer to rescue Wyatt. Nips and Tucks saw a wealthy criminal given a new face, here Michael already had one. in Target: Angels, Charlie’s mansion was on show where The Angels stayed at 674 Vinewood Lane. No such mention of Charlie’s mansion here but being in Miami of course he’s got to have one or two. but Jennifer and Wyatt are taken to a safehouse. in that episode the real target of the assassin was Charlie. As for the shower being left on by Wyatt, remember the old shower curtain poly Sabrina (Kate Jackson) used in the episode Angels on a String. in the season 4 episode Love Boat Angels, Kris(Cheryl Ladd) is seen in scuba attire like Eve here. also in season 5′s Angels of the Deep, Julie (Tanya Roberts) dons scuba gear.
Victor talks of Charlie having an ulterior motive and thus he would have amassed plenty of enemies even if we know nothing about Charlie yet, like how he made his fortune, his daughter Elizabeth, etc. Does Victor know Charlie from his business dealings? Perhaps someone’s been singing about him in prison. Dina Meyer in yet another bit part, this time playing a mother. She really needs some more screen time in the shows she guests in.
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Vargas Face and Skin Center, a Kansas City Cosmetic Surgery and Facial Rejuvenation spa that provides a wide range of cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures aimed at helping men and women of all ages enhance their natural appearance and beauty, is proud to announce that Dr. Hannah Vargas will be offering the QuickLift cosmetic surgery procedure as part of their cosmetic and facial rejuvenation service offerings beginning in January 2012.
“The QuickLift is a breakthrough in cosmetic surgery, a minimally-invasive procedure that permanently suspends the underlying structures of the lower face,” said Dr. Vargas, Founder of Vargas Face and Skin Center in Kansas City. “The procedure was specifically designed for men and women who want to stay ahead of the aging process without having to undergo the recovery time associated with a conventional facelift. The result is a profound age-diminishing effect in the areas of the upper neck and lower face.”
The QuickLift procedure is an improved version of the S-Lift (performed by cosmetic surgeons since the ‘90s) and provides a lift to the lower and mid-face regions with less anesthesia and minimal downtime for recovery. As performed by Dr. Vargas, the QuickLift procedure addresses the muscle layer beneath the skin, creating a horizontal and vertical lift to the areas of the lower face. As the underlying connective tissue and facial musculature is gently lifted and tightened, the appearance of the jaw line and upper neck is immediately improved. As with all of her procedures, Dr. Vargas can customize the QuickLift procedure for a particular patient’s need.
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<a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/536386tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/536386Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:05:01 GMT”>Vargas Face and Skin Center of Kansas City Now Offering QuickLift Cosmetic Surgery
It was the result of Charcot foot, a rare condition associated with diabetes.
Simply put, Charcot foot occurs from a combination of diabetes complications including osteoporosis, which softens the foot’s bones and eventually causes the arch of the foot to collapse. this changes the way a patient walks and over time can cause an ulcer.
Underlying this condition is neuropathy, or nerve damage, that prevents the patient from feeling the broken bones or the sore until an infection occurs.
“It’s rare for most people, but we see it every day because this is a common condition that leads to amputation,” said Dr. Lee Rogers, co-director of the Amputation Prevention Center at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys.
So when Winkler – a 65-year-old Sherman Oaks resident – walked through the door, it was a typical case for Rogers.
What wasn’t typical was Rogers’ treatment plan.
After being told by a doctor at another hospital that his left leg would have to be amputated from the knee down, Winkler was referred to Rogers for a second opinion – an act that ultimately saved his leg and possibly his life.
The Amputation Prevention Center opened in 2009. While the vast majority of its patients come in due to diabetes-related problems, the center also treats trauma patients and those with vascular disease.
According to the center’s new director, Jeffrey Allard, the Van Nuys facility is the only center in California dedicated to limb salvage, and one of only a handful nationwide.
The center has a 96 percent limb-salvage rate, which Rogers credits to teamwork.
As he describes it, it’s not like having a heart attack and going to the hospital to see a cardiologist for all your needs. with limb salvage, a patient will likely need doctors from various specialities including a podiatrist, a vascular surgeon, an infectious disease specialist, a plastic surgeon and an endocrinologist, Rogers says.
“You have to have a team of people because not one person can do everything that’s needed. The problem in some institutions is they don’t have all those people,” Rogers said.
“And let’s face it, doctors often times have big egos and they don’t work well on teams. And one doctor wants to be in charge of the team, and another doctor wants to be in charge of the team, so you get these political battles going. those are detrimental to patient care. you have to have a cohesive team.”
It also helps having a “one-stop shop” because these are usually urgent problems and patients needing limb care often have limited mobility, so sending them to various locations to see different specialists is not ideal, Rogers says.
In Winkler’s case, he walked on a broken foot for almost a year before his previous doctor diagnosed him with Charcot foot.
In 2004, Winkler had surgery to repair the metatarsal bones in his foot with pins and plates. this turned out only to be a temporary fix and about a year later Winkler’s arch was collapsed and creating what is called a rocker-bottom foot – imagine the arch drooping to make the foot look more like the leg of a rocking chair.
Soon, an ulcer larger than a golf ball appeared.
Complicating the issue was that Winkler suffered from vascular problems, so the ulcer wouldn’t heal because an insufficient amount of blood and oxygen was making it to the foot.
When he went to Rogers, Winkler says, he had all but accepted he would soon be without his left leg. but Rogers assured him that wasn’t the case.
“When I walked out of here I felt fabulous. When I walked in here I felt terrible because I thought he’d say the same thing, that they’d have to cut my foot off,” Winkler said.
“As bad of an experience as it could have been, it’s been a fabulous experience.”
To save his leg, the center’s vascular surgeon, Dr. George Andros, restored blood flow to his foot. then, Rogers and his team removed the joints that were affected by the Charcot foot and rebuilt the foot.
To ensure the bones fused back together, he inserted a bone stimulator inside the leg that irritates the bone to make it grow and heal faster. The stimulator runs on batteries and works for six months after surgery.
Winkler had three surgeries to repair his foot and was at the center regularly for dermagraft to repair the ulcer.
The average number of surgeries patients have at the center is 2.9 and the average number of visits to the center is 8.9, with an average wound-healing time of 52 days.
“Amputation is a quick, easy fix, it’s a single surgery. in Winkler’s case he had multiple surgeries, it wasn’t quick and it wasn’t easy. Now it’s easy because now he has a leg,” Rogers said. “There’s a whole host of reasons of why to keep somebody’s leg on.”
For patients who have diabetes-related leg amputations, Rogers says there is a 50 percent chance of losing the other leg in the next two years and the risk of dying is 68 percent within five years.
Rogers attributes this to the underlying diseases patients with severe diabetes likely have, including heart disease and blood vessel disease. He says forcing a relatively sedentary lifestyle on them due to an amputation may exacerbate those underlying diseases, resulting in a heart attack or stroke.
But this doesn’t mean that amputations are never the answer.
“We are not 100 percent successful here,” Rogers said. “And there are times I do recommend an amputation if it’s going to save their life or I have no choice.”
Helping their chances of limb salvage is the cutting-edge technology they use.
That includes a Silhouette Camera that attaches to PDA devices to scan wounds and give exact multidimensional measurements. it also charts the wound over time so doctors can see if the wound is getting smaller or if it’s not healing.
A device called the Spy Imager helps the doctors know where there is tissue with no blood flow that needs to be removed. A green dye is injected into the body and within seconds it hits the foot. A laser camera scanned over the area detects where the dye is. if the area appears black, that means the dye did not get to the tissue because it has no blood flow.
Then the doctor can draw around the exact area to ensure the dead tissue is completely removed.
Another device that is used is not a medical tool, but Rogers says it is extremely beneficial. Doctors use the same thermal imager that the military and police use to identify where an ulcer is forming or how far an infection is spreading.
“We know temperature is a good indicator to a lot of things, mostly inflammation. so I can use a thermal imager to see what’s inflamed,” Rogers said. “Even though it’s not a medical tool, it’s an invaluable tool to the things that we do.”
While the team at the Amputation Prevention Center has the technology and experience to save the limbs for a majority of patients, Rogers admits that sometimes amputations are a better option.
For example, he occasionally recommends an amputation for younger patients who have more active lives. While patients such as Winkler who avoid amputation still have their leg, they are already limited in their mobility.
Currently, Winkler, who had surgery last March, walks in a boot that supports his foot and leg, along with a walker. The goal is for him to graduate to a diabetic shoe.
He is limited in the amount of time he can spend on his feet and he misses walking around the mall, window shopping. Yet, he is grateful to still have his leg.
“It’s been unbelievable. They treat me like a king here. I mean, I bless these people because I’m telling you, it’s unbelievable what they do,” Winkler said. “I owe my leg, my foot and my life to Dr. Rogers, I really do.”
<a href="http://www.dailybreeze.com/lifeandculture/ci_19767072tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.dailybreeze.com/lifeandculture/ci_19767072Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:07:06 GMT”>Van Nuys center takes new approach to prevent amputations
Las Vegas, NV — (SBWIRE) — 01/05/2012 — the IAPAM sees the market for minimally-invasive procedures continuing to grow in 2012. Dr. Tom D. Wang, President of the AAFPRS agrees that “consumer interest in aesthetic procedures and treatment has continued in strong fashion. however, some effects from the recent recession still linger. some patients [are] choosing to have less invasive injectable treatments or non-surgical procedures in an effort to defer facial surgery for the time being.” to capture this knowledgeable patient population, physicians must be expertly trained (e.g. IAPAM’s physician-lead botox training), and they need to offer the latest aesthetic medicine procedures, utilizing the most current technologies and must package synergistic treatments for the most effective, yet cost effective results. 1. Combining Non-Invasive Procedures Gives the best Results Dr. Gregory Buford, notes that, “as we head into 2012, consumers are becoming more savvy about which tips and tricks from their practitioners really work and which do not.” Drs. Tess Mauricio and Buford see “more application and research on combination treatments. more aesthetic providers are abandoning mono-therapy and combining medical skin care, facial injectables, and laser conditioning and offering these synergistic packages to their clients. This “Holy Triad” of facial rejuvenation can be extremely effective in addressing age-related changes on multiple levels and produce results far more dramatic than previously seen.” the IAPAM agrees that successful aesthetic practices are those that offer patients a combination of minimally invasive procedures. just offering Botox ® alone is not enough to provide a physician with a successful, and more importantly, a profitable aesthetic practice. “The key is combining neurotoxins like Botox ®, Dysport ® or Xeomin ® with other complementary skin rejuvenation procedures,” says Jeff Russell, IAPAM Executive Director. 2. New Cosmetic Injectables will Offer choice to Consumers New neurotoxins, specifically Xeomin ®, will capture increasing segments of the injectables market in 2012. Dermatologist, Dr. Bruce Katz, comments that, “Xeomin ®, the latest neurotoxin [will] rival Botox ®” in 2012. Dr. Francesca Fuso mentions, “there are new neurotoxins that are still undergoing clinical trials. they will have the same effect as Botox ®, but instead of being injected, they can be applied topically. if these new products are approved in 2012, they will provide patients with yet another option in a year of options.” Finally, new fillers, such as Belotero ® and LaViv ® will offer increased choice to both physicians and patients in the dermal filler arena. Dr. Mitchel Goldman MD, recognizes that, “the approval of LaViv ® the first autologous fibroblast filler and Belotero ® along with the FDA approval of Lip Augmentation with Restylane ® will enhance the use of fillers in 2012 and provide additional products to enhance patient care.” 3. Expanded uses for Neurotoxins Dr. Houtan Chaboki, offers an interesting insight into alternative uses for Botox ® and other neurotoxins. One trend [that he is seeing] is the use of neuromodulators (Botox & Dysport) to reshape the face, instead of wrinkles. From microbotox to migraines to multiple sclerosis, the uses and markets for neurotoxins will continue to expand in 2012. 4. Higher Demand for Non-Invasive Body Contouring Treatments Non-invasive devices like the Zerona ® and VelaSmooth ® will continue reshaping the body, with new entrants expected in 2012. Dr. Mitchel Goldman MD adds, “the advancement of lasers and energy devices such as Ulthera’s focused ultrasound, Bela Countour ® and Exilis radiofrequency and Lutronic’s advanced Nd:YAG laser will enhance treatment of skin laxity and pigmented lesions.” 5. Turning back the Hands of Time Dr. Fusco also envisions that, “in 2012 lots of people will be having work done on their hands.” Turning back ‘the hands of time’ of the hands typically requires a combination of dermal fillers as well as IPL/laser rejuvenation to help eliminate age/sun spots. 6. Lasers are For more than Hair Removal Dr. Bruce Katz predicts “a higher demand for laser treatments in 2012. some of the newer laser treatments offer truly compelling results without invasive surgery, significant pain and substantial downtime.” IPL (Intense Pulse Light) and lasers can accomplish a full range of anti-aging treatments including: skin tightening, vein removal, removal of age and sun spots, skin resurfacing, as well as treating acne scars and rosacea. ConclusionThe market for anti-aging treatments will continue to grow in 2012. With new technologies, as well as new ways to bundle and market existing procedures, the trend toward more minimally invasive procedures does not appear to be going away any time soon. Jeff Russell, Executive Director of the IAPAM concludes that, “as we have seen with our past annual trend predictions, the key is to create an anti-aging program for each patient’s needs. Patients just do not come in for Botox ®; they want a combination of anti-aging treatments which often includes neurotoxins, dermal fillers and skin rejuvenation with chemical peels, microdermabrasion and skin care.” Since 2005, the IAPAM has been a leader in providing aesthetic medicine industry trends. to REGISTER for an upcoming Aesthetic Medicine Symposium or Physician hCG Training Seminar, please contact the IAPAM at 1-800-219-5108 ext. 704, or by email at info@theiapam.com.
<a href="http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/sbwire-121523.htmtag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/sbwire-121523.htmThu, 05 Jan 2012 20:00:51 GMT”>IAPAM Publishes Its Top Aesthetic Medicine Trends for 2012
