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James H. Carraway, The UAL Task Force—A Model for the Future, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, Volume 17, Issue 4, July 1997, Pages 240–241, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1090-820X(97)80006-4
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In recent years, the technological advances in the specialty of plastic surgery have been increasing in number and complexity. Each new innovation seems to bring with it the need to purchase or lease an expensive piece of equipment and to seek additional training so that the surgeon can become proficient in its use.
Because many plastic surgeons already have busy practices, there are those who will continue to believe that the benefits of older procedures outweigh the advantages of newer ones. For example, a number of well-known plastic surgeons continue to maintain that in forehead lifting they achieve the same or better results with the open technique as they would with the presumably less invasive endoscopie technique. Indeed, comparisons in presentations at national meetings have shown little difference in the morbidity or healing time between these two modalities.
Some plastic surgeons are inherently more conservative and choose to wait and see what advantages, if any, these new modalities will have in the long run. Others cautiously use a new technology with the idea that they will try it out on a conservative basis, see what results can be achieved, and gradually become more aggressive with its use. Surgeons in this category attempt to approach new procedures in a manner that promotes safety and allows evaluation of results.
