Redefining Plastic Surgery

Redefining Plastic Surgery

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...

Litigation After Nasal Plastic Surgery

Introduction: Esthetic surgeries are among the commonest medical procedures in the world nowadays; and as statistics declare, there has been a rapid increase in the rate of rhinoplasty during the recent years. Hence, as the number of cosmetic surgeries rises, the increment in the number of physicians being sued is quite inevitable; either due to complication in rhinoplasties or even inability ...

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VOL. 52 NO. 4 NOVEMBER 2014 SAJS 105 Plastic surgeons are frequently cal led upon to provide definitive softtissue coverage for lower l imb defects associated with compound fractures of the tibia or fibula (Gustillo-Anderson IIIB). Usually defects of the upper and middle thirds of the leg are easily managed with either gastrocnemius myocutaneous flaps or hemi-soleus muscle coverage and skin gra...

Plastic surgery.

Chair Campus Anatomy & Neurobiology Matthew Ennis, PhD Memphis Anesthesiology Robert M. Craft, MD Knoxville Anesthesiology R. Lebron Cooper, MD Memphis Clinical Medical Education Jordan R. Asher, MD (Interim) Memphis Comparative Medicine Timothy D. Mandrell, DVM Memphis Dermatology Tejesh Patel, MD (Interim) Memphis (Eff 7.1.2016) Emergency Medicine David C. Seaberg, MD Chattanooga Emergency Me...

Plastic Surgery.