Division of Plastic Surgery, The Lehigh Valley Hospitals and Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania; and St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Semin Plast Surg. 2008 Feb;22(1):5-7. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1019136.
It could be argued that a basic principle establishing plastic surgery as a distinct specialty always has been minimal invasive surgery. Although perhaps lagging behind the other surgical specialties specifically in adopting the surgical endoscope, this merely is a new tool to better achieve just that objective. Outcome enhancements initially predominated in aesthetic applications, but widespread use also in reconstructive endeavors has proved that there is indeed today a broad role for minimally invasive plastic surgery.
可以说，微创外科一直是将整形外科确立为一门独特专业的基本原则。尽管整形外科可能在采用手术内窥镜方面落后于其他外科专业，但这仅仅是实现这一目标的一种新工具。微创外科的最初效果增强主要体现在美容应用方面，但在重建性手术中的广泛应用也证明了微创整形手术确实具有广泛的作用。
