title: [Regenerative medicine and plastic surgery].
abstract: Regenerative medicine recently evolved as a new medical field that includes tissue engineering, cell/system biology, nanotechnology, pharmacology, stem-cell biology, and bioengineering. Regenerative medicine targets new forms of therapy to promote and support the intrinsic, autologous, regenerative potential of human biological systems. All fields of surgery have profited from these developments, and spectacular experimental results and clinical benefits have been obtained. Plastic surgery has shown interest in regenerative medicine due to its focus on reconstructive surgery. Early on, several interdisciplinary experimental working groups were founded including plastic surgery. This overview takes a closer look at common experimental and clinical results of regenerative medicine and plastic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Plastische und Handchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck. Machens@uni-luebeck.de
authors.forename: H-G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Machens
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mailänder
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D021522:Bioartificial Organs; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D036103:Nanotechnology; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010600:Pharmacology; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods