Introducing the International Confederation of Plastic Surgery Societies: ICOPLAST.

This article describes the formation of the International Confederation of Plastic Surgery Societies (ICOPLAST) as a novel, transparent, dynamic, and proactive confederation of national plastic surgery societies. ICOPLAST aspires to provide a voice for the entire international community of plastic surgeons. ICOPLAST has been designed to benefit the patient, plastic surgery as a profession, and each individual plastic surgeon.

Personal technique for primary repair of alveolar clefts.

From 1969, the senior author (H.B.) has developed a technique for the repair of alveolar clefts during primary cheiloplasty at patient age of 3 months.