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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Regenerative Medicine Edition Ep.3: Perspectives in Reconstructive Surgery
Description: To claim credit for this episode, visit: www.ce.mayo.edu/regmedonline
Guest: Richard E. Hayden, M.D.
Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD)
Currently reconstructive surgery involves taking the patient’s tissue from one area of their body and using it elsewhere to rebuild diseased or damaged tissue. Regenerative reconstructive surgery will allow the patient to grow their own replacement tissue from stem cells. This has incredible potential for allowing significantly better reconstructive surgical results. Currently regenerative reconstructive surgery is in its infancy, however in the next several years this should de...