title: Plastic surgery.
abstract: The range of casualties treated by the Defence Medical Services in the recent Gulf conflict has reaffirmed the important role of plastic surgery within the military. This review seeks to highlight some areas of recent innovation and improvement within the realms of plastic surgery generally, of which some, such as the introduction of Flammacerium and the availability of skin substitutes, have direct military relevance.
authors.affiliation: Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
authors.forename: P S J
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Heppell
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002563:Cerium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D012837:Silver Sulfadiazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000639:trends*
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; C046337:cerous nitrate, sulfadiazine silver drug combination; D002563:Cerium; D012837:Silver Sulfadiazine