title: Plastic materials currently used in Mongolia.
abstract: The first skin-flap procedures were performed in Mongolia by a team of Chinese doctors (Chenod, Chen) who treated children with burn injuries in the 1950s. The field of plastic surgery was further developed through assistance from the former Soviet Union and is now widely practiced by a number of surgeons around the country. In recent years, the fast evolving field of plastic surgery in Mongolia has created a need for clear and consistent system for the classification of various plastic materials. A team of Mongolian surgeons at the National Hospital for Traumatology, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation and Teaching Research have completed a research programme aimed at adopting a leading classification system that can facilitate effective communication between plastic surgeons. This requires the chosen system to be in line with modern trends in plastic surgery and the established international norms. As a result of extensive research and analysis, they have developed a customized version of Vasiliev's classification that focuses on formulating general principles of the description of plastic materials based on their functional characteristics. The main reason for this selection is its similarity with existing Mongolian standards as well as its principles that contain important implications for surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of N. Dash Memorial Traumatology, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation and Teaching Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Shagarsurenr@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ruvjir
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shagdarsuren
authors.forename: Nachin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Baasanjav
authors.forename: Sosor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baatarjav
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008986:Mongolia; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps