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Following significant weight loss, many people find they still don’t have the fit and healthy body image they desire. Skin may be loose, sagging and, in many cases, body contours may appear irregular. In general, body contouring surgery following major weight loss reduces excess fat and skin that has developed in multiple areas of the body, resulting in a smoother, more attractive body tone. Treatment Abdominal area – Tummy tuck and/or abdominoplasty Abdominoplasty, also known as tummy tuck, is a procedure to flatten and tighten the abdominal skin and muscle. There are many reasons a patient

Bone and joint infections can occur when bacteria enter, either through the bloodstream, or often resulting from injury, a skin ulcer or surgery. This type of infection can lead to long-term pain or loss of mobility if not properly treated. The process of diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation for this uncommon type of infection involves a team of physicians from different specialties, working in coordination.

Bone-anchored hearing aids use a surgically implanted abutment to transmit sound by direct conduction through bone to the inner ear, bypassing the external auditory canal and middle ear. A titanium prosthesis is surgically embedded into the skull with a small abutment exposed outside the skin.

Bone malunion is the result of a bone fracture that has healed improperly, resulting in a misalignment of the previously broke bone segments. Surgery, including the re-breaking and setting of the malformed bone, is the most common treatment.

Bone marrow is the soft tissue on the interior of bones where red blood cells are formed. Bone Marrow can be attacked by such conditions as aplastic anemia, malignancies such as multiple myeloma, or infections such as tuberculosis, leading to a decrease in the production of blood cells and blood platelets. Bone marrow transplants are a surgical procedure used to combat several of these conditions.

Bone tumors are a mass of unusual cells growing in bone tissue. Most bone tumors are not cancerous. Treatment options include surgery and radiation. Some noncancerous tumors go away without treatment.

SIU Medicine is home to the only integrative medicine doctor in the greater Springfield area. Integrative medicine combines “regular” biomedical care with evidence-based therapies from outside the typical realm of what we commonly think of as “medicine.” Examples of this include acupuncture, botanical and herbal medicine, supplements and nutraceuticals, laser therapies, cupping, manual manipulation, bioenergetic work, and other whole-body systems of medicine (like traditional Chinese/Asian medicine, Ayurveda, homeopathy, etc.). What is unique about integrative medicine is the combination of

BOTOX® is used to treat a variety of neurological disorders. BOTOX is also used to treat migraines, facial palsy, facial asymmetry, and hyperhidrosis and is often covered by insurance. BOTOX is also used costmetically for facial aging and wrinkles.

Bottom surgery is often the final stage of a gender affirmation surgery process. Dr. Michael Neumeister is a plastic surgeon at SIU Medicine offering a variety of procedures for both the transmale and transfemale patient. Transfeminine bottom surgery is used to transform the male genitalia and reconstruct it into that of a female. Transfeminine bottom surgery is typically a single-stage procedure. There are many techniques used to conduct bottom surgery, and the most common is the penile inversion vaginoplasty. Transmasculine bottom surgery is used to transform the female genitalia and