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Michael S. Norris, MD
Burlingame, Calif

JAMA. 1988;259(7):1016.

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To the Editor.

—As a member of the American Medical Association and a practicing plastic surgeon, I read with great interest the CONTEMPO '87 series of "state of the specialty" essays.¹ I am saddened and amazed that JAMA chose to ignore the specialty of plastic surgery for the second year in a row. This is especially surprising when one considers the important and innovative contributions made by plastic surgeons in the fields of microsurgical free-tissue transfer, skin allografting and skin substituting, care of complex congenital and traumatic craniofacial deformities, and functional muscle transfer.

In the same issue, an essay was included about innovations made in the field of otolaryngology, citing tissue expansion and the pectoralis flap as new contributions, referencing 1986 journal articles. The tissue expander was developed by Radovan² and presented to the plastic surgery community more than ten years ago, and modifications and new applications have . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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