J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.
ISSN 1880-1129

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J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 96(6): 355-361, 1995

Editorial

RECENT ADVANCE AND FUTURE OF PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Tadao Kojima

Plastic and reconstructive Surgery has progressed very repidly in the past decade. It is because of free vascularized composite tisue transfer based on progress of microsurgery and anatomical atudy of blood circulation to skin, fascia, muscle, bone and joint. Adding to this, many new techniques and concepts including craniofacial surgery, laser surgery, tissue expansion method, microvascular coupling device and computer assisted surgery appeared to the field of reconstructive surgery.
In this article these main fields of plastic and reconstructive surgery are commented about its present situation and future aspect.

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