When a newly inducted plastic surgery resident embarks on maxillofacial surgery, with drills, screws, plates and burrs, it seems like a new domain altogether. As a new resident, it is truly fascinating as to how such wide variety of bony work is done without scarring over the face. Here we discuss a few practical tips which the author has learned during his surgical sojourn in residency. It is ...

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department o...

1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 2Department of Gynecology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 3Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 4Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Cent...

Arthur W Perry, Michael Sosin Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ; Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medi...

Figure 2 Cross-hair laser level. Plastic surgery relies on accurate preoperative evaluation and planning. The simple marker pen and tape measure have been essential tools of the trade, but modern tradesmen in engineering and other fields have moved on to more sophisticated devices. One such device is a laser level that emits a laser line (as opposed to a single dot), which can be orientated wit...

P lastic surgery is one of the most ancient forms of surgery, and its roots can be traced back to the time of Sushruta, the father of surgery (600 BC), 1 who is credited with performing the first ever reported plastic surgical procedures. The name, however , defies a clear understanding and an appropriate definition that could cover the entire scope of activities performed at the present moment...

Introduction In most parts of the African continent, plastic and reconstructive surgery remains among the least developed surgical specialties, with training opportunities available only abroad. As a result, this specialty still depends largely on the abilities of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), philanthropic individuals, and organised surgical safaris/ camps to meet the reconstructive ne...

A s aesthetic surgeons, we have an interest not only in the appearance of our patients but also in their general health. Obesity undeniably has a great impact on both. As radical but effective procedures to treat obesity become more common, as is happening now, our surgical expertise in treating the after-effects of massive weight loss will be in greater demand. This is likely to foster the dev...