Bio-automatic separator for extracting stromal vascular fraction from adipose tissue.

Stem cells are fascinating and elusive. To study them, researchers initially applied traditional methods, but quickly realized they needs to be adjusted to complied with the features of this new field of research.  This process of technological and methodological innovation continues till today and makes this branch of research very dynamic.

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Course “Basic Techniques of Microsurgery”.

On September 2016, from  14th  to 16th and 28th to 30th, was held at the experimental research center INRCA (National institute of Retirement and Care for Senior Citizens), the Course “Basic Techniques of Microsurgery” held by DPT of Reconstructive and Plastic  Surgery – Hand Surgery Unit., as part of the  hand surgery master organized by ‘University of Modena – Reggio Emilia.

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In memory of Aldo Bertani

Three years after the death of  Aldo Bertani, our Mentor, we like to take stock of the situation of this Academy.

We believe of catching the spirit of the plastic surgery of the future by focusing on tissue regeneration. In our youth we lived the heroic years of reconstructive microsurgery, which has allowed us to reach unthinkable goals such as the replanting of the limbs, the transplant tissue for saving limbs and finally the transplant tissue to reactivate the basic functions of relationship life, such as the use of the hand, walking, smile. Even today the idea of microsurgery in plastic surgery, or make your own body as a tissue bank to restore the shape and function of the diseased part is a winning idea, but it is equally true that it do not solve all the reconstructive issues of our discipline.

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