[Recent advance and future of plastic and reconstructive surgery].

Plastic and reconstructive Surgery has progressed very rapidly in the past decade. It is because of free vascularized composite tissue transfer based on progress of microsurgery and anatomical study of blood circulation to skin, fascia, muscle, bone and joint. Adding to this, many new techniques and concepts including craniofacial surgery, laser surgery, tissue expansion method, microvascular coupling device and computer assisted surgery appeared to the field of reconstructive surgery. In this article these main fields of plastic and reconstructive surgery are commented about its present situation and future aspect.