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General Principles

Principles Are the Bedrock of Plastic Surgery and a Starting Point for Constructing Sensible and Logical Answers

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The Koru is a spiral shape based on the shape of a new unfurling silver fern frond. In Maori culture it symbolises new life or beginnings, growth, strength regeneration and peace.

In plastic surgery, perfection is only just good enough.

(Sir William M. Manchester, 1960s)

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  1. Private Practice, Auckland, New Zealand

    Michael F. Klaassen

  2. Former Head of Department, Plastic Surgery Unit, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    Earle Brown

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Klaassen, M.F., Brown, E. (2018). General Principles. In: An Examiner’s Guide to Professional Plastic Surgery Exams. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0689-1_4

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