Good Luck Dr. Marco Pappalardo! One of Our Micro Fellows from University of Palermo Returns to Italy
December 27th, 2017 | Categories: Other
Dr. Marco Pappalardo is one of our micro fellows from University of Palermo, Italy. He spent 2 years learning microsurgical breast reconstruction and lymphedema microsurgery in our team. He is a remarkably bright talented surgeon. I am very grateful for his contribution to the research projects and papers we worked together. I wish him the best and great success in his future career. I look forward to visiting the Lymphedema Microsurgery Center led by him in Italy very soon. ... Read More
Dr. Cheng and His Team Perform Microsurgery Using a New Technique
December 26th, 2017 | Categories: Microsurgery
With the great collaborative effort of our general surgeons and support from the radiologists and nuclear medicine team, we successfully performed another challenging microsurgery for a patient who had been suffering from left lower limb lymphedema and retroperitoneal lymphangiomatosis. Hopefully, this new technique will be published in the scientific journal very soon so that more patients can be benefited with the most effective treatments worldly in the near future. ... Read More
Dr. Cheng and His Team After a Success Supermicrosurgery on a Infant
December 21st, 2017 | Categories: Microsurgery
Collaborating with Dr. Chieh-Tsai Wu, a well-known neurosurgeon, we had successfully performed an extracranial-to-intracranial arterial bypass on a one-year-old child. The superficial temporal artery (1 mm in diameter) was repaired to the left middle cerebral artery (0.8 mm in diameter) in an end-to-side fashion by using 11-0 Nylon. The procedure was done as a supermicrosurgery. This innovative technique will benefit numerous patients who have long suffered from cerebral artery disease in the future. I commend the great efforts and seamless teamwork of our outstanding colleagues. ... Read More
Dr. Cheng Presents at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Breast Surgery Subspecialists of Physician Association of Guangdong, the 4th China Breast Surgery Society, and 2017 South China Breast Cancer Summit
December 17th, 2017 | Categories: Presentations
I was honored of being invited to present 2 lectures on the topics of “Breast Reconstruction Development and Updates” and “Lymphedema Treatment for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema”, at Shenzhen, December 16 – 17 for the 2017 Annual Meeting of Breast Surgery Subspecialist of Physician Association of Guangdong, 4th China Breast Surgery Society and 2017 South China Breast Cancer Summit. This event brought together a national audience to discuss and share the leading-edge breast conservative surgery and lymphedema microsurgery in China. It was a great opportunity meeting with many local breast surgeons and oncolog... Read More
