Plastic surgical problems in the neonatal intensive care unit.

As technology advances, complications related to these technologies present plastic surgeons with an array of new and difficult problems to treat. By expanding on the general principles of wound healing and applying similar advances in wound care and microsurgery, many of these problems can be managed effectively, and successful outcomes achieved. Only by remaining actively involved in the coordinated, interdisciplinary treatment of these critically ill and premature infants will the long-term complications of such injuries be minimized.