All Stories

  1. Shifting From “Old But Beautiful” to “Beautiful Because Old”: Mucha Aging Through the Lens of a Plastic Surgeon
  2. The Wounded Face in Uniform: Surgical Reconstruction and Identity Restoration in Military Facial Trauma
  3. Thermal touch and anatomical insight: Roman terracotta vessels as proto-clinical maps of the human body
  4. Epistaxis: From Veronese’s Banquet to the Modern Trauma Room
  5. The Surgeon’s Memorial on Setting Forth (外科醫之出師表)
  6. The Paradox of Masterpiece in Fine Art and Plastic Surgery
  7. When the Mask Becomes the Face: Literary, Theatrical, and Surgical Metamorphoses
  8. Two Healers: Asclepius and Jesus
  9. Intellectual Beauty and Eternal Beauty in Aesthetic Surgery: Philosophical Ideals and Clinical Implications
  10. Form, Tissue, and Prāṇa of Sculptor and Plastic Surgeon
  11. Freud Gradiva and the Aesthetic Unconscious: Lessons for the Plastic Surgeon
  12. Aging, wrinkles, and fear: clinical and humanistic approaches in anti-aging plastic surgery
  13. Beauty from the waist up, monstrosity below: metamorphosis through the lens of plastic surgery
  14. Beauty: Descent or Ascent? A Plastic Surgeon’s Reflection
  15. Christ’s Two Natures and the Modern Plastic Surgeon
  16. From Fallen Angels to Bridal Rights: A Historical Journey of Cosmetics in Sacred Traditions and Their Aesthetic Legacy
  17. How to Review a Literary Paper or a Scientific Paper?
  18. Estimated blood storage requirements for a North Korean invasion of South Korea and South Korea’s preparedness
  19. The Last Temptation of Christ as terminal hallucination: a trauma surgeon’s interpretation of hypovolemic shock in literature and film
  20. Gerontophobia in a Japanese cartoon: perspectives from plastic surgery
  21. Mythic Geographies of Feminine Beauty: Ancient Archetypes and Their Influence on Modern Esthetic Ideals
  22. From Flaying to Flap: Reclaiming the Skin in Reconstructive Surgery
  23. Beauty, Measure, and Intervention
  24. Image of “Power of Woman (Weibermacht)” and Plastic Surgery
  25. The Bones That Wait for Ours: A Surgeon At the Capela dos Ossos
  26. The Chaste Gaze: Long Thick Eyelashes as a Symbol of Divine Chastity—From Ancient Greece to Now
  27. Faciality and the Surgeon as Deleuzian Artist: Reimagining the Face beyond Standardization
  28. Revisiting Kalos: Beauty, Irony, and the Plastic Surgeon’s Eye
  29. What Modern Aesthetic Surgeons Learn From Winckelmann’s Ideal of “Noble Simplicity and Quiet Grandeur”
  30. Beyond Gender: Faces of Divinity in Classical Sculpture
  31. The Wounded Face of Christ: A Catholic Craniofacial Surgeon’s Reflection on Facial Trauma and Redemption
  32. From Beauty to the Sublime: Aesthetic Ethics in Craniofacial Surgery
  33. When beauty is unmoored: reflections on a wall painting in Crete
  34. Ancient Shield, Modern Flap: A Comparative Reflection on Peloponnesian Design and Triple Rhombic Flap in Reconstruction
  35. Graceful Aging in the Bust of Hadrian: Reflections for Modern Anti-Aging Surgery Ethics
  36. The Aging Process of the Mortal Version of Aphrodite
  37. Two Helens, Two Beauties: A Comparative Reflection on Classical and Medieval Ideals of Esthetic Perfection
  38. Metamorphosis of Aging Depicted in Ovid’s Exile Poetry
  39. Beauty Constrained, Aestheticized Suffering, and Post-Traumatic Survival: A Case of a War-Prize
  40. Visualization of the unborn Christ and John the Baptist in the womb before Fabrica (1543): analysis of The Visitation (1505)
  41. Anatomic Insights for Translational Research in Reconstructive Surgery
  42. The Case of Paris and Helen Through Time, Society, and Anti-Aging Medicine
  43. Lessons from foreign military surgeons in the Korean War: advancing trauma surgery and preparing for future conflicts
  44. Sfregio: Historical Wounds and Modern Reflections in Reconstructive Surgery
  45. Historical Tension: Comparing Classic Hollywood Beauty Tricks and Joseon Noblemen Grooming Through the Lens of Modern Facial Rejuvenation
  46. Idealized Beauty Based on the Concept of “Electio” in the Context of Plastic Surgery
  47. From Aphrodite to Algorithm: Assessing the Unassessable
  48. Portrayal of the Idealized, Mythical Beauty of Medieval Europe: Isolde the Fair in Tristan and Isolde
  49. Where I Stand: A Surgeon on the Metamorphosis-Anamorphosis Spectrum
  50. Forgivable Beauty of Helen Through the Lens of a Plastic Surgeon
  51. Della Porta’s Physiognomy and Its Influence on Plastic Surgery
  52. “Warning” Through the Lens of Antiaging and Plastic Surgery
  53. A Plastic Surgeon’s Plan for an Old Man of Dignity: Nestor, an Idealized Image of Aging in Greek Literature
  54. Swan Lake on Issyk-Kul Lake: the Second International Congress on Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in memory of Professor Musa Mateev
  55. Nebuchadnezzar’s Transformation Related to Modern Plastic Surgery
  56. Metamorphosis of the Characters in Ransmayr’s The Last World Through the Lens of Antiaging, Gerontophobia, and Plastic Surgery
  57. Dark circle in the literature and its Korean translation
  58. The Plasticity of Aging and Plastic Surgery for Older People
  59. “The Last Revolt” Through the Lens of Anti-Aging and Plastic Surgery
  60. Comparison of Wrinkles and Folds From the Anatomist’s, Plastic Surgeon’s, and Philosopher’s View
  61. Comparing the Gendered Esthetic Expectations of the Renaissance Between Italian (Marinelli) and Northern European (Liebaut) Perspectives
  62. St. Paul’s Transformation and the Church’s Attitude to Modern Plastic Surgery
  63. The Role of Plastic Surgery in “Graceful Aging”
  64. “Allegory of the Ages of Life” From the Perspective of Aging and Antiaging
  65. Analysis of East Asian Tales of Metamorphosis Through Fromm’s Framework of Human Needs From the Perspective of Plastic Surgery
  66. Analysis of Ovid’s Metamorphoses Through Fromm’s Framework of Human Needs From the Perspective of Plastic Surgery
  67. Struldbrugs: Perspectives From Plastic Surgery and Esthetic Medicine
  68. The Ideal Face of 17th- to 19th-Century Sailors Depicted in Figureheads
  69. Societal Perspectives on Beauty in Older Adults
  70. Analysis of the Morphology of Female Characters of “The Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons” (画図百鬼夜行)
  71. The Face and Body Shape of the Idealized Pin-Up Girls During World War II
  72. Development of variolation and its introduction to Joseon-era Korea
  73. Where the land ends and the sea begins
  74. Metamorphosis of Aged Women Into a Yokai (妖怪) From the Viewpoint of Plastic Surgery and Gerontophobia
  75. Why Cosmetic Surgery is Prevalent in Korea: A Perspective Grounded in Basic Values
  76. Yearning for Youth and Vitality: A Plastic Surgeon’s View of “The House of the Sleeping Beauties” by Yasunari Kawabata
  77. The role of Anti-aging: disseminating knowledge in the battle against aging
  78. Facial Fractures at the Armed Forces Capital Hospital of Korea: A 10-Year Study From 2013 to 2022
  79. Makeup, An Attempt to Reach Eternal Beauty; Plastic Surgeon’s View
  80. The Role of A Beautiful Appearance in the Redemption of Female Ghosts
  81. Surgeon’s Journey and Pilgrim’s Progress
  82. Depictions of Aging in a Self-Portrait by David Bailly (1584–1657)
  83. Plastic Surgeons and Portraits Before the Invention of Photography
  84. The causes and numbers of hospital admissions and deaths during the Korean War
  85. Challenging Dogmas in Plastic Surgery
  86. Concept of Rejuvenation in Greek Mythology and Modern Plastic Surgery
  87. hanges in force generation by two-finger striking methods: An experimental study
  88. Appearance of the Japanese Beauty Described in the “Yuki-onna” (雪女, Snow Woman) Story
  89. The earliest description of an ugly woman in Japanese medical literature
  90. Biomechanics of stabbing knife attack for trauma surgeons in Korea: a narrative review
  91. The female breast as a symbol of charity through breastfeeding
  92. Possible Bioterrorism by North Korea and South Korea’s Preparedness
  93. A method of bedside urethrography before catheterization in pelvic trauma in Korea: a case report
  94. Deep or Shallow, It's up to You
  95. The eye of a maiden in “The Mad Painter” and upper blepharoplasty
  96. Impossible symmetry
  97. Disfigured Faces Depicted in Modern Visual Media
  98. Near-death experiences in 19th century Korean tales
  99. Intraorbital Wooden Foreign Body in a Soldier
  100. How Do the Faces of Kyrgyz Beauties Look? A Photogrammetric Analysis of Beauty Pageant Winners
  101. Teaching Models for Correct Rhombic Flaps
  102. Meaning of the Skulls Depicted in Emblem Books of the 17th Century
  103. Am I too Old to Learn More?
  104. Mask Depicting Smallpox Scars
  105. Craniofacial Features of Dwarfism in the Paintings of Velázquez
  106. Portraits of beauty made by plastic surgery trainees
  107. An Ugly Buddha Fixed an Ugly Woman and Made Her a Beauty
  108. Penetrating trauma and “The Wound Man”
  109. Morphometry of the Bony Orbit and Periorbital Structures: Personal Perspectives From Decades of Related Research
  110. Sinusitis Following Reduction Malarplasty
  111. Malposition of the Resorbable Sheet in Medial Orbital Wall Fractures: Frequency and Techniques for Prevention
  112. Slit-Mouthed Woman (Kuchisake Onna) and Plastic Surgery
  113. Introduction of Jenner’s Vaccination Method to Korea
  114. Preparing for Prewritten Obituaries (Advance Obit) in Scientific Journals
  115. Tactical field management of penetrating arrow injuries in ancient Asia
  116. Surgical Anatomy for Asian facial Contouring: A Personal Perspective
  117. Writing papers: literary and scientific
  118. New horizons of Flaubert: from a barber-surgeon to a modern trauma surgeon
  119. The Importance of Brevity in Scientific Writing
  120. The Humanistic Approach to Aging and the Plastic Surgeon’s Role
  121. The Young Lady Who Made the Old Man Forget His Age
  122. Metamorphosis From an Ugly Girl to a Beauty
  123. Chinese Ghosts, Chinese Beauties
  124. Comments on “Usefulness of the eyeball exposure area as an eye measurement modality through a comparison between eyes with inborn double eyelids and operated double eyelids”
  125. Physician’s Role in Community Treatment Center
  126. Adam's apple and airway obstruction
  127. Thickness of the Deltoid Muscle and Location of the Anterior Branch of the Axillary Nerve and the Posterior Circumflex Humeral Artery for Deltoid Injections
  128. A Disastrous Situation of Plague and Collapsed Community Depicted in a Joseon Dynasty Tale
  129. Hallucinations in Children with Plague: A Point of View from 400 Years Ago
  130. Origin of Lee Quedae’s Knowledge of Artistic Anatomy
  131. The “Ghost of Epidemics” Personified in Two Joseon Dynasty Tales
  132. Toe Deformity of a Gilt-Bronze Pensive Bodhisattva Statue
  133. Why do elderly men desire youth instead of aging? An analysis of Kangnoseonsaeng-Jeon (却老先生傳) by Lee Ok (李鈺)
  134. Comments on “A systematic review of the scalp donor site for split-thickness skin grafting”
  135. Skinned St. Bartholomew before (1541) and after (1556, 1562) Fabrica (1543)
  136. The poet-physician’s note and the plastic surgeon’s note
  137. Width of pubic symphysis relating to age and sex in Koreans
  138. Comments on “Reduction malarplasty combined with facelift via the prezygomatic space”
  139. Depiction of the Periosteum Using Ultrashort Echo Time Pulse Sequence with Three-Dimensional Cone Trajectory and Histologic Correlation in a Porcine Model
  140. On entering a new decade: Foolish old surgeons removing the mountains
  141. Osteotomy and iliac bone graft for the treatment of malunion caused by failed mandibular fracture reduction
  142. <p>Analysis of Medical Students’ Book Reports on Shalamov’s <em>Kolyma Tales</em> (1974): Would You Reveal the Truth About a Suspected Malingering Patient?</p>
  143. White radish and swine scapular cartilage models for auricular framework carving training
  144. A safe distance between doctor and patient
  145. Original face for the craniofacial surgeons
  146. Periorbital Entrapment in a Minimally Displaced Medial Wall Fracture
  147. They are analyzing us: Our own survey is needed
  148. The human premaxilla and Goethe
  149. Comments on “Arterial Vascularization of the Mandibular Condyle and Fractures of the Condyle”
  150. Comments on “Microanatomy of sensory nerves in the upper eyelid
  151. Questions on “Accessory Nerves of the Forehead
  152. Archives of Korean Plastic Surgery
  153. Smoking and Flap Survival
  154. Diagnostic Performance of Plain Film, Ultrasonography, and Computed Tomography in Nasal Bone Fractures: A Systematic Review
  155. Forces Required to Pull the Superficial Fascia in Facelifts
  156. Questions on “Serial two-year follow-up after lymphaticovenular anastomosis for the treatment of lymphedema”
  157. War Horse, Whistlejacket, and an Anatomist
  158. What Would It Be Like to Lose One’s Nose? Gogol’s The Nose and the Astronomer Tycho Brahe
  159. Central pedicle reduction mammaplasty with a vertical scar: a technical modification
  160. Pressures secondary to circumferential digital dressings in clay models
  161. Portraits of two innovative plastic surgeons in the National Portrait Gallery
  162. In vivo degradation of poly L-lactic D-lactic acid and tri-methylene carbonate sheets in orbital reconstruction
  163. Relationships of comorbidities and old age with postoperative complications of head and neck free flaps: A review
  164. The cut surface of the neck as depicted in two paintings of Judith and Holofernes
  165. Medially based de-epithelialized flap for nasal base narrowing and nostril sill augmentation in a cleft lip nasal deformity
  166. Three historical papers for the septocutaneous perforator flaps of the thigh
  167. Learning from the Masters
  168. Frequency of Existence, Numbers, and Location of the Accessory Infraorbital Foramen
  169. Skin Tension Related to Tension Reduction Sutures
  170. A Consideration of Breast Imagery in Art as Depicted through Western Painting
  171. Effect of Restraining Devices on Eye Injury in Motor Vehicle Collisions
  172. Studies in Fat Grafting
  173. Where to Fix in Rejuvenation Surgeries?
  174. Discussion on “The Risorius Muscle
  175. Need for Airbag and Seatbelt to Reduce Orbital Injuries From Steering Wheel Knob
  176. Anthropometric Comparison of the Idealized Youth and Hideous Old Man of Leonardo’s Profile Drawings
  177. Correction of an Alar Web With a Feather-Edge Rolled-in Flap
  178. Incidence of Depression of the Medial Orbital Wall Without a Recent Trauma Event
  179. Manikin Model With Breathing Tube for Wire-Guided Percutaneous Cricothyrotomy in Patients Applying an Intermaxillary Fixation
  180. Would medical students enter an exclusion zone in an infected district with a high mortality rate? An analysis of book reports on 28 (secondary publication)
  181. Double-Eyelid Surgery Using Septoaponeurosis Junctional Thickening Results in Dynamic Fold in Asians
  182. Location of the Vascular Arcade Superficial and Deep to the Muller Muscle Related to Blepharoptosis Surgery
  183. Perforating Frontal Branch of the Superficial Temporal Artery as Related to Subcutaneous Forehead Lift
  184. Tension and Distortion of the Upper Double Eyelid by a Nonincision Method
  185. Analysis of Zygomatic Fractures
  186. The Anatomy of the Palpebral Branch of the Infraorbital Artery Relating to Midface Lift
  187. Analysis of Migrated Hydrogel Used for Breast Augmentation Revealed Prolamin (a Cereal Seed Storage Protein)
  188. A toenail flap based on the fibro-osseous hiatus branch for fingernail reconstruction
  189. Width of the Levator Aponeurosis Is Broader Than the Tarsal Plate
  190. Stump Rotation in a Nerve Autograft by 2 Factors
  191. Burn of Silicon-Injected Penis Treated With Dartos Musculocutaneous Flap
  192. Branching Point of the Cervical Motor Branch of the Facial Nerve
  193. Correction of Congenital Transverse Cleft of the Earlobe
  194. Decortication of Fibrous Dysplasia of the Maxillary Sinus
  195. Lateral Rectus Muscle Injury, Orbital Fracture, Mouth Locking, and Facial Palsy Resulting From Reduction Malarplasty
  196. Invited commentary
  197. Arterial anatomy of the second toe nail bed related to toenail transfer
  198. A Use of Poly-l-Lactide, d-Lactide Sheet on Posterior Orbital Floor Fracture
  199. One-Point Fixation of Tripod Fractures of Zygoma Through a Lateral Brow Incision
  200. Easy Method for Reduction of Nipple Height
  201. Myofibroblasts and Capsular Tissue Tension in Breast Capsular Contracture
  202. Comparison of the Supporting Strength of a Poly-l-Lactic Acid Sheet and Porous Polyethylene (Medpor) for the Reconstruction of Orbital Floor Fractures
  203. Early Reexploration After Closed Reduction of Nasal Bone Fracture
  204. Oblique Osteotomy and Coronoidectomy in Extreme Prognathism of Apert Syndrome
  205. Anatomic localization of motor entry points and intramuscular nerve endings in the hamstring muscles
  206. Analysis of facial bone fractures: An 11-year study of 2,094 patients
  207. Anatomy of Arcuate Expansion of Capsulopalpebral Fascia
  208. Mapping Thickness of Nasal Septal Cartilage
  209. Perforation in Submucous Cleft Palate Due to Thermal Injury
  210. The Effect of Hydrolyzed Gardeniae Fructus Extract Hydrogel on the Treatment of Ecchymoses in a Rat Model
  211. The Intramuscular Course of the Inferior Gluteal Nerve in the Gluteus Maximus Muscle and Augmentation Gluteoplasty
  212. Bleeding From Posterior Superior Alveolar Artery in Le Fort I Fracture
  213. Microscopic Relation of Palatopharyngeus With Levator Veli Palatini and Superior Constrictor
  214. Analysis of Orbital Bone Fractures
  215. Do We Have to Dissect Infraorbital Nerve From Periorbita in Orbital Floor Fracture?
  216. Medial Orbital Wall Reconstruction Through Subciliary Approach
  217. Outcome Analysis of Sports-Related Multiple Facial Fractures
  218. Palatoplasty
  219. Innervation of Vagina: Microdissection and Immunohistochemical Study
  220. Anatomic Study of the Lateral Palpebral Raphe and Lateral Palpebral Ligament
  221. Reliability of Vascular Territory for a Circumflex Scapular Artery–Based Flap
  222. Vulnerable Structures During Intraoral Sagittal Split Ramus Osteotomy
  223. Cutaneous Innervation of Lower Eyelid
  224. Hypoglossal-Facial Nerve Anastomosis in the Rabbits Using Laser Welding
  225. Delayed Development of Mucocele in the Fractured Frontal Sinus
  226. Anatomy of Tympanoparotid Fascia Relating to Neck Lift
  227. Surgical Anatomy of Retaining Ligaments in the Periorbital Area
  228. Posterior Cutaneous Nerve of the Thigh Relating to the Restoration of the Gluteal Fold
  229. Conjoint Fascial Sheath of the Levator and Superior Rectus Attached to the Conjunctival Fornix
  230. Could Skin Retraction Incision Minimize Nerve Injury Over the Iliac Crest?
  231. Repair of Oronasal Fistula With Split-Skin Graft on Nasal Side and Mucosal Flap on Oral Side
  232. Proximity of the Common Peroneal Nerve to the Tibial Nerve Entering the Gastrocnemius Muscle: The Implications for Calf Reduction
  233. Location of nerve entry points of flexor digitorum profundus
  234. Intramuscular Hemangioma of the Lower Lip
  235. Location of the Zygomaticofacial Foramen Related to Malar Reduction
  236. Cutaneous Distribution of Zygomaticofacial Nerve
  237. Experimental Study of Autologous Cartilage, Acellular Cadaveric Dermis, Lyophilized Bovine Pericardium, and Irradiated Bovine Tendon
  238. Immunohistochemical Study of Differences Between the Muscle Fiber Types in the Pars Peripheralis and Marginalis
  239. Location and Nature of Retro-Orbicularis Oculus Fat and Suborbicularis Oculi Fat
  240. Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma on the Upper Lip Vermilion
  241. Musculature of the Pars Marginalis of the Upper Orbicularis Oris Muscle
  242. Relation of Mental Nerve With Mandibular Branch of the Facial Nerve
  243. Innervation of Upper Orbicularis Oris Muscle
  244. The Relationship of Capsulopalpebral Fascia With Orbital Septum of the Lower Eyelid
  245. Superficial Lateral Thoracic Artery
  246. Anatomic variations of the infraorbital fat compartment
  247. Analysis of Nasal Bone Fractures; A Six-year Study of 503 Patients
  248. Cutaneous Perforators of the Forearm
  249. Relationship between Depressor Septi Nasi Muscle and Dermocartilagenous Ligament; Anatomic Study and Clinical Application
  250. Thickness of Korean Upper Eyelid Skin at Different Levels
  251. Anatomy of Pectoral Fascia in Relation to Subfascial Mammary Augmentation
  252. Anatomy of Superficial Thoracic Artery Related to Subpectoral Augmentation Mammoplasty
  253. Anatomy of Lower Lacrimal Canaliculus Relative to Epicanthoplasty
  254. Foot Polydactyly and Polysyndactyly: Genetic Implications in Two Families
  255. Insertion of Frontalis Muscle Relating to Blepharoptosis Repair
  256. Laser Welding of Rat??s Facial Nerve
  257. Cutaneous Perforators of the Upper Arm and Clinical Applications
  258. Neurilemmoma of the Tongue
  259. Anthropometric Comparison of Portraits of Korean and Japanese Beauty in the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries
  260. Horizontal Branch of the Supraorbital Nerve and Temporal Branch of the Facial Nerve
  261. Hypothenar Flap Based on A Cutaneous Perforator Branch of The Ulnar Artery: An Anatomic Study
  262. Interrelated Buccal Fat Pad With Facial Buccal Branches and Parotid Duct
  263. Zygomaticomandibularis Muscle
  264. Cutaneous Sensory Branch of the Mylohyoid Nerve
  265. Course of the Masseteric Nerve in Masseter Muscle
  266. Closed Reduction of Fractured Anterior Wall of the Frontal Bone
  267. Miniplate Fixation of High Condylar Fracture and Postoperative Exercise Regimen
  268. Submental Perforating Artery: A Culprit of Bleeding During Facelift
  269. Vulnerability of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve and Mental Nerve During Genioplasty: An Anatomic Study
  270. Topographical Anatomy of the Anconeus Muscle for Use as a Free Flap
  271. Cosmetic Lateral Canthoplasty
  272. The Lateral Cutaneous Branch of the Fourth Intercostal Nerve Relating to Transaxillary Augmentation Mammoplasty
  273. Multiple Malignant Melanomas at Different Burn Scar Areas: A Case Report
  274. Innervation of the Corrugator Supercilii Muscle
  275. Dermofat Graft in Deep Nasolabial Fold and Facial Rhytidectomy
  276. Innervation of Calf Muscles in Relation to Calf Reduction
  277. Growth Difference of Multilayer Onlay Cartilage Grafts in Rabbit Ears
  278. Lateral Septoaponeurotic Artery: Source of Bleeding in Blepharoplasty Performed in Asians
  279. Skin thickness of Korean adults
  280. Decussation patterns of the platysma in Koreans
  281. Pretarsal fat compartment in the lower eyelid
  282. Nodular fasciitis presenting as a parotid tumour after face lifting
  283. Erratum
  284. Impact of nicotine on bone healing
  285. Bone morphogenetic proteins: An update on basic biology and clinical relevance
  286. An anatomical study of the junction of the orbital septum and the levator aponeurosis in Orientals