Dear readers,
It is a great honour to welcome you to the first issue of the next edition of Acta chirurgiae plasticae. This is the 67th edition of our journal. I am glad that we are able to maintain the tradition of the journal and keep you informed about its further development. Gradually we have managed to implement the journal’s website www.achp.cz, we have fixed and improved our new editorial system for article submission – Open Journal System: https: //redakce.carecomm.cz/achp/.
Two years ago I wrote in my editorial that we are living in revolutionary times. Artificial intelligence is getting smarter and making fewer mistakes. I asked ChatGPT, what is Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae? I got the following answer:
“Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae is a scientific journal focused on plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery. It publishes research articles, clinical studies, and case reports on surgical techniques, innovations, and advances in the field. The journal is based in Europe and has contributions from international experts in plastic surgery.”
I could hardly describe our journal better.
Two years ago I wrote about innovator Elon Musk’s warning to be very cautious about the use of artificial intelligence, and in his opinion these technologies could be the humanity’s biggest existential problem in the future. I confess that I don’t know what or who is the humanity’s biggest problem now after 2 years of experience with GPT and Elon Musk and other current world leaders.
But what I do know is that we have now augmented our editorial team with twelve young collegues who will act as co-editors of individual journal articles to make the review process of submitted articles to our journal as short as possible. Their names can be found on the journal’s homepage. I look forward to working with them and believe that we will again move forward in the production of our journal and that the expedited review process will please authors and readers alike.
I firmly believe that this issue of the journal will also bring you new professional knowledge and suggestions for practice. Whether it be the information about the possibility of single stage feminizing genitoplasty procedure in patients of ambiguous genitalia or about the preferences of the Czech women in cosmetic surgery services or a paper about the confirmation of better perfusion after a double vein anastomosis using analysis of flap sugar. New options for reconstruction of the inner lining of the nose are also inspiring, comparing the effectiveness of lymphovenous anastomosis and vascularized lymph node transfer in lymphedema treatment. The issue also includes a bibliometric analysis of the 50 most cited papers in dynamic facial reconstruction, a paper on regenerative medicine tactics and case reports concerning infratemporal fossa tumors or elevation of vitamin B12 levels attributed to biopolymer implants.
Have a pleasant reading and keep us in your favor!
Assoc. Prof. Zdeněk Dvořák, MD, PhD