Recent Advances in Plastic Surgery

European cleft study; surgical anatomy of the velum & pharynx; further developments in tissue expansion; controlled active mobilization following tendon repair; the radial forearm flap in head and neck reconstruction; hypospadias repair using the preputial flap; the role of microsurgery in a developing country; subcutaneous masectomy - a viable option; immediate breast reconstruction using permanent expansile implants following masectomy for cancer; the plastic surgeon's view of Mohs' chemosurgery - for; the plastic surgeon's view of Mohs' chemosurgery - against; maxillary-mandibular discontinuity reconstruction with composite grafts (autogenous free iliac bone and titanium endosseous osseintegrated implants; review of plastic and reconstructive surgery literature; the double opposing z-plasty for palate closure- part 1; the double opposing z-plasty for palate closure- part 2; calvarial bone for head and neck reconstruction.