Yang B, Yang L, Huang WL, Zhou QZ, He J, Zhao X. Application experience and research progress of different emerging technologies in plastic surgery. World J Clin Cases 2023; 11(18): 4258-4266 [PMID: 37449226 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i18.4258]
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Xian Zhao, MD, Attending Doctor, Plastic and Cosmetic Department, The Affiliated Calmette Hospital of Kunming Medical University, The First People’s Hospital of Kunming, Calmette Hospital Kunming, No. 1228 Beijing Road, Panlong District, Kunming 650224, Yunnan Province, China. 15872102949@189.cn
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Medicine, General & Internal
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Minireviews
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Bin Yang, Wen-Li Huang, Qing-Zhu Zhou, Jia He, Xian Zhao, Plastic and Cosmetic Department, The Affiliated Calmette Hospital of Kunming Medical University, The First People’s Hospital of Kunming, Calmette Hospital Kunming, Kunming 650224, Yunnan Province, China
Ling Yang, Radiology Department, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University (Yunnan Cancer Hospital, Yunnan Cancer Center), Kunming 650118, Yunnan Province, China
Author contributions: Yang B, Ling Y, Huang WL, Zhou QZ, He J and Zhao X designed the research study; Yang B, Ling Y, Huang WL, Zhou QZ and He J performed the research; Zhao X and Yang B Contributed data and analysis tools; Yang B, Huang WL and Zhao X analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; all authors have read and approve the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The author does not have any conflicts of interest.
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Corresponding author: Xian Zhao, MD, Attending Doctor, Plastic and Cosmetic Department, The Affiliated Calmette Hospital of Kunming Medical University, The First People’s Hospital of Kunming, Calmette Hospital Kunming, No. 1228 Beijing Road, Panlong District, Kunming 650224, Yunnan Province, China. 15872102949@189.cn
Received: April 19, 2023 Peer-review started: April 19, 2023 First decision: April 28, 2023 Revised: April 28, 2023 Accepted: May 23, 2023 Article in press: May 23, 2023 Published online: June 26, 2023
Core Tip
Core Tip: As an emerging discipline, the needs of patients undergoing plastic surgery differ greatly from those of patients in other disciplines. People seeking cosmetic surgery choose plastic surgery because they seek a higher standard of beauty, and their expectations of the procedure are high. Therefore, plastic surgery, unlike other disciplines, requires a high degree of accuracy. Patients usually lack a concrete sense of the outcomes of a procedure before surgery. Physicians’ clinical practice, including training and teaching, also relies heavily on crude personal experience and lacks accurate numerical standards, and young physicians rarely have opportunities to operate. Digital technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, and three-dimensional printing have been widely used for the preoperative design, intraoperative navigation, and postoperative evaluation of plastic surgery.
