Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: How Evidence-Based Medicine Has Transformed Plastic Surgery

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University; Emory University; the Emory Aesthetic Center and Emory Ambulatory Surgery Center; and the Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute.

Editorial

Achilleas Thoma et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021.

. 2021 May 1;147(5):1235-1241.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007913.

¹ From the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University; Emory University; the Emory Aesthetic Center and Emory Ambulatory Surgery Center; and the Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute.

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