title: Mandating departments of plastic surgery: the future of plastic surgery is now.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India 632004, nambi75@indiatimes.com.
authors.forename: Nambi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ilango
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D037141:Mandatory Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends*