Objective To summarize the recent development in the plastic and reconstructive surgery. Methods The related literaturewas reviewed and the main achievements in the field of plastic surgery were summarized. Results Plastic and reconstructive surgery was one ofthe quickly-developed fields in the world medicine, especially aesthetic plastic surgery. Reconstructive plastic surgery and aesthetic plastic surgery would be bined in the future. The “aesthetic hand surgery” was a very important branch of the hand surgery,so not only the function recovery of the hand deformities but also the aesthetic sculpture for the deformed hand should be emphasized. Evaluation on measurement of the facial paralysis reconstruction was a main part of the facial examination. The allotransplantation of the face became more developed. The anatomical research on the cutaneous perforator arteries, vascularisation of the biceps femorismuscle, and the gracilis perforator flap was well performedby the plastic surgeons.
The modified "seagull flap" for creating a new web in treated congenital syndactyly is deseribed. The technique is easy and this method can produce a web that is wide enough to allow adequate digital separation when fingers are abducted. The contour is satisfaction.
The simple ablation of the duplicated thumb might have some residual deformities after operation that often leads to functional disorders of the hand. Since 1988, the postoperative disorders in 9 patients were treated. The plastic surgery was performed for the adduction of the thumb, lateral deviation and insufficient after plastic repair of the hand. The configuration and the function of the thumb were satisfactory.