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Minimally Invasive Techniques in Plastic Surgery

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Is minimally invasive surgery a myth or is it based on reality? Can you achieve results of the quality similar to that of traditional open procedures while minimizing surgical scars, pain, decreasing recovery time, and decreasing morbidity? Or do minimally invasive techniques yield minimal results? Although the demand for these procedures increases, plastic surgeons may need to adapt and change their approaches to commonly performed procedures. In addition, training programs may need to take into account the latest trends in plastic surgery to appropriately prepare the young plastic surgeons for successful careers. Although it is impossible to account for all the available minimally invasive techniques, this chapter attempts to review the most commonly performed techniques.

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Abbreviations

MACS:

Minimal access cranial suspension

SMAS:

Superficial muscular aponeurotic system

TUBA:

Transumbilical endoscopic breast augmentation

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Strongsville, OH, USA

    Shashidhar Kusuma

  2. Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Mohammad Alghoul

  3. Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    James E. Zins

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Maria Z. Siemionow (Professor of Surgery, Director of Plastic Surgery Research, Head of Microsurgery Training) (Professor of Surgery, Director of Plastic Surgery Research, Head of Microsurgery Training)

  2. Department of Plastic and Aesthetic, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery, Caritas-Krankenhaus St. Josef, affiliated with Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany

    Marita Eisenmann-Klein (Director) (Director)

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Kusuma, S., Alghoul, M., Zins, J.E. (2010). Minimally Invasive Techniques in Plastic Surgery. In: Siemionow, M.Z., Eisenmann-Klein, M. (eds) Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Springer Specialist Surgery Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-513-0_9

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