Plastic Surgery in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Role of Telemedicine.

Unlabelled: Internationally, telemedicine is finding its way into common day plastic surgery practice as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, no data about its practice in the Gulf region are available to date.

Methodology: This is a cross-sectional survey-based study that was sent online to the plastic surgeons practicing in the Gulf region.

The Ideal Applicant to the Saudi Plastic Surgery Residency Program.

Unlabelled: Securing a plastic surgery position is a demanding task for students. Although many papers have been published internationally discussing the traits and features deemed important from the point of view of plastic surgery program directors, a gap exists in the literature where this aspect is not covered in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study was to fill this gap.

Plastic Surgery and COVID-19 in the GCC: Fears, Lessons Learned, and the Plan for the Future.

Background: With the labeling of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, national directives were issued instructing to close all cosmetic clinics, suspend all cosmetic procedures, and only operate on an emergency basis. As a result, many plastic surgeons faced challenges sustaining their practice. We aimed to investigate the effect of these national directive instructions on the surgeons and to review their strategies for adapting their practices during this new pandemic.