ArticlePlastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.)2023
Global Plastic Surgery: A Review of the Field and a Call for Virtual Training in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Article in Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Surgeons in Humanitarian Alliance for Reconstruction, Research, and Education Call to Modernize American Society of Plastic Surgeons Photography Guidelines.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
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- Global Perspectives in Plastic Surgery: View of Plastic Surgeons From Peru.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Evolving Trends and Practice in Plastic Surgery in a Resource-constrained Setting: A 27-year Review From Nepal.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Health System Factors Influencing Availability and Access to Comprehensive Care for Cleft Lip, Palate, and Craniofacial Anomalies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Expanding Global Surgery Services to Include Reduction Mammaplasty Procedures.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Access to specialist plastic surgery in rural vs. Urban areas of Africa.BMC surgery · 2024Review
- Surgical Capacity Assessment and Leverage in the Palestinian Land (SCALPEL-I) Study: The First Nationwide Plastic Surgery Capacity Evaluation in Palestine.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Characterizing the untapped potential of virtual reality in plastic and reconstructive surgical training: A systematic review on skill transferability.JPRAS open · 2024Review
- Remote Robotic Surgery and Virtual Education Platforms: How Advanced Surgical Technologies Can Increase Access to Surgical Care in Resource-Limited Settings.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2023Review
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Abstract
Lack of surgical access severely harms countless populations in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Many types of surgery could be fulfilled by the plastic surgeon, as populations in these areas often experience trauma, burns, cleft lip and palate, and other relevant medical issues. Plastic surgeons continue to contribute significant time and energy to global health, primarily by participating in short mission trips intended to provide many surgeries in a short time frame. These trips, while cost-effective for lack of long-term commitments, are not sustainable as they require high initial costs, often neglect to educate local physicians, and can interfere with regional systems. Education of local plastic surgeons is a key step toward creating sustainable plastic surgery interventions worldwide. Virtual platforms have grown popular and effective-particularly due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic-and have shown to be beneficial in the field of plastic surgery for both diagnosis and teaching. However, there remains a large potential to create more extensive and effective virtual platforms in high-income nations geared to educate plastic surgeons in LMICs to lower costs and more sustainably provide capacity to physicians in low access areas of the world.
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