History of Plastic SurgeryWritten by Charles Kassotis
An Original Article Written By Owner and Webmaster of PlasticSurgeryOrg.com Charles Kassotis When most people use term Plastic Surgery they more often than not use it in reference to cosmetic surgery. Few people actually stop to think that Plastic Surgery covers a far wider range of surgical procedures and that cosmetic surgery is only one type of surgery related to Plastic Surgery. The full scope of Plastic Surgery is quite wide if one stops to think about it and more often than not, is related to, and, plays a fundamental role in conjunction with other fields of medicine and surgical procedures pertaining to field of general surgery. Plastic Surgery is basically concerned with reconstruction of surface of body whether that has to do with reconstruction of facial or body disfigurations that are either congenital in nature or, acquired due to accidents or illness for example, cancer related disfigurations. Although Plastic Surgery goes as far back as Ancient Egypt first physicians who actually placed a more scientific scope in field of Plastic Surgery and, to be more precise, cosmetic surgery were two Sicilians Gustav and Antonio Branka . Father and son, in 1400, they outlined basic guidelines which plastic surgeons should follow when undertaking reconstructive nose surgery. However, first to ever create a center for Plastic Surgery and to take first steps to making Plastic Surgery an equally accepted field of medicine was another Italian, Taliakosi.
| | Who Said Bananas Are Not Good For You?Written by Alfred Jones
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