“A previously healthy 20-year-old male trainee developed chest pain, shortness of breath, and neck pain after repeatedly shouting “Hooah!” during a motivational squad competition. He was found to have developed a pneumomediastinum with soft tissue crepitus of the neck. He had an uneventful recovery. Unique to the military training environment, vigorous shouting, including “Hooah!” as […]
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Pectoral implants – a short history
Back in 2002, Dr. Gary F. Horn M.D. of Paris, France, introduced ‘A New Concept in Male Chest Reshaping: Anatomical Pectoral Implants and Liposculpture’ (Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Volume 26, Issue 1, pp 23-25) The doctor described (what was, at the time) a new type of implant made by the Silimed Corporation. “The concept of this […]