title: Recent advances in plastic surgery.
abstract: Scarless healing and the creation of like-tissue for reconstruction have been the aims of plastic surgery since its inception. Recent advances bring us even closer to the ideal.
authors.affiliation: St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Callan
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015187:Lipectomy / Q000379:methods; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000379:methods; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods