Even if they are not very familiar with Seoul, it can be expected that many plastic surgeons throughout the world have heard of the area of Seoul called Gangnam since the pop singer Psy released his musical hit ‘Gangnam style’ in 2012 [1,2]. However, Gangnam should be well-known to those who work in the field of plastic surgery for a more important reason. Over 300 board-certified plastic surge...

There is significant responsibility in being a Department of Surgery Chairman within a medical school. The Chairman is appointed by the Dean of Medicine to lead surgery in a path that serves the mission of the school. The Department of Surgery Chairman is charged with facilitating the academic, operational, and programmatic surgical initiatives of the School of Medicine. Traditionally the Chair...

This study intended to review the precedents on plastic surgery medical malpractice lawsuits in lower-court trials, classify the reasons of 'limitation of liability' by type, and suggest a standard in the acknowledgement of limitation of liability ratio. The 30 lower-court's rulings on the cases bearing the medical negligence of the defendants acknowledged the liability ratio of the defendants ...

Department for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Germany Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Lübeck, Germany Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hand Surgery Division, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China *These authors contributed equally to this work **Corresp...

It has not been too long since we realized that Joseph Murray (1919-2012) has passed away while we heard this sad news 2 weeks ago. We never forget his memories and trip for the first time on 14 November 1974to Iran. He returned to our country one more time later to share his experiences with the country specialists. It is a great sorrow that he did not see our progress in plastic and reconstru...

Naohiro Ishii, Yusuke Shimizu, Jiro Ando, Michiko Harao, Masaru Takemae, Kazuo Kishi Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center, Tochigi; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of the Ryukyus Hospital, Okinawa; Department of Breast Surgery, Tochigi Cancer Center, Tochigi; Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo,...

With the increasing popularity of cosmetic surgery procedures, preoperative psychological assessment of cosmetic surgery patients may improve outcomes by highlighting patient expectations and motivations, as well as by identifying those who may require psychological referral. In this article, the authors describe a systematic literature review to identify and evaluate current self-report tools ...

Anand R. Kumar,* Raymond Harshbarger, and Barry Martin Department of Surgery (Plastic Surgery), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Naval Medical Center (NNMC), Bethesda, Maryland. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), Washington, District...

Cosmetic surgery is one of the two branches of plastic surgery. The characteristic of non-necessity of this surgical speciality implies an increased severity in the evaluation of the risk-benefit balance. Therefore, great care must be taken in providing all the information necessary in order to obtain valid consent to the intervention. We analyzed judgments concerning cosmetic surgery found in ...

BACKGROUND The CLEFT-Q is a new patient-reported outcome instrument designed to measure outcomes that matter to patients. The aim of this qualitative study was to establish content validity of the CLEFT-Q in patients who differ by age and culture. METHODS Patients aged between 6 and 29 years were recruited from plastic surgery clinics in Canada, India, Ireland, the Philippines, the Netherland...