Generally speaking, if you think of facial beauty, you will go to a plastic surgeon. If you have sleep apnea, you will go to an otolaryngologist. If you want to have orthodontic and bite surgery, you will go to the dentist. Surgeons handle it; in fact, there seems to be no problem, but now we have entered the era of "precision medicine". When doctors evaluate patients for facial bone surgery, they must also consider the occlusion, aesthetics and respiratory tract (3B - Bite , Beauty & Breathing)! Poster for the annual meeting of the Taiwan Society of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Technological development that balances cosmetic appearance and functional improvement
In advanced countries around the world, including the United States, facial plastic surgery and reconstruction are sub-specialties of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. In view of this, with the efforts of the Taiwan Otolaryngology Association and the Taiwan Association of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Ministry of Health and Welfare officially approved on July 1 this year that the subspecialty of facial plastic surgery and reconstruction should be included in the curriculum standards for otolaryngology specialist training. This is a major change in otolaryngology.
In addition, in order to make the surgeries in the above related professional fields more sophisticated, the 12th Taiwan Association of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Annual Conference 2016 will be held from October 22 to Held on October 23, it was co-organized by the Department of Otolaryngology of Xizhi Cathay General Hospital, the Taiwan Association of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and the Taiwan Otolaryngology Association***. The agenda includes surgical demonstrations and real-time video teaching, as well as lectures and discussions on aesthetic medicine. Stanley Liu, a professor at Stanford University, is specially invited to give a surgical demonstration.
Combined with the five major professional fields of aesthetic medicine, outstanding doctors unveiled new technologies that combine functionality and beauty
For the first time, this conference combined the five major professional fields of craniofacial aesthetic medicine (plastic surgery A group of outstanding doctors from the Department of Surgery, Dermatology, Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Ophthalmology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery), and invited well-known scholars and experts from the United States and Vietnam to share the latest knowledge of international aesthetic medicine, and experts in craniofacial aesthetic medicine from various specialties gathered together. , everyone discusses and shares their clinical experience with each other, and jointly unveils new technologies that combine functionality and beauty, creating a new era of aesthetic medicine.
The Taiwan Society of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has been established for 12 years. It not only takes root and promotes aesthetic medicine education, but also continues to have positive exchanges with international medical care. In 2007, it was officially invited to become a member organization by the International Federation of Facial Plastic Surgery Societies (IFFPSS). It is also the only aesthetic medicine-related medical society in Taiwan to join IFFPSS, and strives to win the 2020 World Facial Plastic Surgery Society Qualification to host the conference.
The 12th Annual Meeting of the Taiwan Society of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery lasted for two days. The first day of the agenda was held at Cathay General Hospital in Xizhi. It was the first high-standard three operating rooms to perform facial plastic and reconstructive surgery demonstrations at the same time. Full real-time video teaching and interactive discussions were held on three lines in the hospital's international conference hall. The conference specially invited Stanley Liu, a professor from Stanford University, to give a surgical demonstration. On the second day, a special lecture and discussion agenda on facial plastic reconstruction and aesthetic medicine will be held.