摘要：LEVIN SL DEFINED ORTHOPLASTIC SURGERY AS “THE PRINCIPLES ANDPRACTICES OF BOTH SPECIALTIES ORTHOPEDIC AND PLASTIC SURGERY APPLIEDTO A CLINICAL PROBLEM, EITHER BY A SINGLE PROVIDER, OR TEAMS OFPROVIDERS WORKING IN CONCERT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PATIENT”.RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY IS VITALLY IMPORTANT IN ORTHOPLASTICRECONSTRUCTION. TRADITIONALLY, IN ROMANIA, MAINLY PLASTIC SURGEONSHAVE DONE MICROSURGERY. PLASTIC SURGERY IS A SPECIALTY THAT MAINLYCONCENTRATES ON AESTHETICS, FORM, FUNCTION AND SOFT TISSUERECONSTRUCTION. ORTHOPEDICS IS A SPECIALTY THAT MAINLY CONCENTRATESON FUNCTIONAL BIOMECHANICS, BONE, AND JOINTS. THE BLENDING OF THESETWO SPECIALTIES, “ORTHOPLASTIC SURGERY”, SIMULTANEOUS APPLIES THEPRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF BOTH SPECIALTIES TO CLINICAL PROBLEMS.
