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Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2001;3:6.

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IN HIS EDITORIAL "Millennial Milestones That Matter"¹ in the January 2000 issue of our sister journal, Archives of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Dr Michael Johns invited us to consider major achievements of the past century and opportunities for the next within otolaryngology–head and neck surgery. In a general sense, the combination of demographic trends and scientific advances predicts a population relatively free of the many neoplastic, congenital, and infectious diseases that have preoccupied us in the past. In addition to trauma, diseases of degeneration associated with age will be a focus in the future.

Perhaps the major achievement in facial plastic surgery during the last century has been a progressive understanding of wound healing in its most general sense. A specific example is the knowledge of flap physiology, which has benefited patients in areas as diverse as free flap reconstruction and face-lift surgery.

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