Welcome to the first issue of Seminars in Plastic Surgery
on Advances in Breast Reconstruction.
The expanding field of breast reconstruction is becoming a subspecialty.
Optimal care of thebreast cancer patient requires a multidisciplinary
team to best manage this common complex process. Expanding of
the concept of perforator flaps over the past decade has caused
a paradigm shift in breast reconstruction. By decreasing donor
site morbidity and preserving muscle function, this method has
accelerated demand for autogenous reconstruction.
We are fortunate to have authors from all over the world contribute
to this volume. Thisjournal is dedicated to plastic surgeons who
believe in the importance of breast reconstruction and who desire
to improve their art.
I would like to acknowledge Nicole Rogers, a Tulane medical
student, and Jonathan Kaplan, a Louisiana State University surgery
resident, for editorial assistance with this issue.
The following is a series of excerpts
from a recently published volume of Seminars in Plastic Surgery
of which Dr. Robert Allen was the guest editor.
Robert J. Allen,M.D., F.A.C.S.
Guest Editor 1
References
SEMINARS IN PLASTIC SURGERY/VOLUME 16, NUMBER 1
2002 Advances in Breast Reconstruction; Editor in Chief,
Saleh M. Shenaq, M.D.; Guest Editor, Robert J. Allen, M.D. Seminars
in Plastic Surgery, Volume 16,Number 1, 2002. Address for correspondence
and reprint requests: Dr. Frank J. DellaCroce,Division of Plastic
Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 4429
Clara Street, Suite 440, New Orleans, LA 70115.
