Strengthening Plastic Surgery in Europe - ESPRAS Survey at ESPRAS European Leadership Forum (ELF).
- Giunta RE Abteilung für Hand-, Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie, Klinikum der Universität München, LMU München, Deutschland.
- Möllhoff N Abteilung für Hand-, Plastische und Ästhetische Chirurgie, Klinikum der Universität München, LMU München, Deutschland.
- Costa H Aveiro University Plastic Reconstructive Craniomaxilofacial Hand and Microsurgical Unit, Gaia Hospital Center, Portugal.
- Demirdöver C Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey.
- di Benedetto G Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy.
- Elander A Department of Plastic Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Henley M Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals, United Kingdom.
- Murray DJ National Paediatric Craniofacial Center, Children's Hospital Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
- Schaefer DJ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic & Hand Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
- Spendel S Division of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
- Vasar O Hospital of Reconstructive Surgery, Tallin, Estonia.
- Zic R University Hospital Dubrava, Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Croatia.
- 2020-11-04
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- Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Handchirurgie : Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse : Organ der V.... - 2020
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BACKGROUND
The Executive Committee (ExCo) of the European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (ESPRAS) organized a first ESPRAS European Leadership Forum (ELF) to facilitate international exchange and to provide a platform for international leaders and delegates of national societies of Plastic Surgery to discuss common challenges. The presented manuscript presents key findings in a first effort of international harmonization and cooperation.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Members of the executive (presidents, vice-presidents, secretary generals) and national delegates of Plastic Surgery national societies discussed hot topics in Plastic Surgery via the Zoom virtual conferencing system (Zoom Video Communications, Inc.). Attending participants responded to a virtual question & answer session with questions being displayed throughout the webinar.
RESULTS
The challenges associated with Aesthetic Surgery performed by doctors who are not board-certified Plastic Surgeons and Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) were perceived as major hot topics within most national societies. Both topics were discussed vividly. Education in plastic surgery and a European fellowship program for young Plastic Surgeons was favored by a large majority of participants. The implementation of European registries for free flaps, implants and for breast reconstruction were supported by the majority of respondents.
CONCLUSION
The ESPRAS ELF provides a platform to propel international exchange and alliance, communication, education, research and future projects. A further virtual webinar with the topic "Strategies for Strengthening and Defending Plastic Surgery against Others" was suggested to be conducted in spring 2021.
The Executive Committee (ExCo) of the European Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (ESPRAS) organized a first ESPRAS European Leadership Forum (ELF) to facilitate international exchange and to provide a platform for international leaders and delegates of national societies of Plastic Surgery to discuss common challenges. The presented manuscript presents key findings in a first effort of international harmonization and cooperation.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Members of the executive (presidents, vice-presidents, secretary generals) and national delegates of Plastic Surgery national societies discussed hot topics in Plastic Surgery via the Zoom virtual conferencing system (Zoom Video Communications, Inc.). Attending participants responded to a virtual question & answer session with questions being displayed throughout the webinar.
RESULTS
The challenges associated with Aesthetic Surgery performed by doctors who are not board-certified Plastic Surgeons and Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) were perceived as major hot topics within most national societies. Both topics were discussed vividly. Education in plastic surgery and a European fellowship program for young Plastic Surgeons was favored by a large majority of participants. The implementation of European registries for free flaps, implants and for breast reconstruction were supported by the majority of respondents.
CONCLUSION
The ESPRAS ELF provides a platform to propel international exchange and alliance, communication, education, research and future projects. A further virtual webinar with the topic "Strategies for Strengthening and Defending Plastic Surgery against Others" was suggested to be conducted in spring 2021.
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- DOI 10.1055/a-1294-9992
- PMID 33147640
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/173976
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