Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery: Innovations, Challenges, and Clinical Application
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery/Aesthetic Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 1556
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plastic surgery; regenerative surgery; wound care; breast reconstruction; nipple–areola reconstruction; body-contouring surgery
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plastic; reconstructive; aesthetic surgery; artificial intelligence; AI in plastic surgery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, artificial intelligence has begun to transform plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery, opening new possibilities in preoperative planning, outcome prediction, wound management, and the objective evaluation of results. This Special Issue will gather contributions exploring how AI models such as machine learning, deep learning, multimodal, and generative systems can be integrated into clinical and experimental practice. Topics include surgical decision support, automated image and data analysis, preoperative simulation, complication prediction, and postoperative optimization. Practical aspects of transparency, privacy, and model reproducibility will also be considered. Our goal is to provide a broad and updated overview of current innovations, key challenges, and future clinical translation for AI in plastic surgery.
Prof. Dr. Roberto Cuomo
Guest Editor
Dr. Gianluca Marcaccini
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- plastic
- reconstructive
- aesthetic surgery
- artificial intelligence
- AI in plastic surgery
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