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LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
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Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 88 |
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Social media behavior in plastic surgery practice: Correspondence
Pathum Sookaromdee1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2
1 Private Academic, Bangkok, Thailand 2 Department of Community Medicine, Dr DY Patil University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Date of Submission | 25-Nov-2021 |
Date of Acceptance | 25-Mar-2022 |
Date of Web Publication | 24-Jun-2022 |
Correspondence Address: Dr. Pathum Sookaromdee Private Academic Consultant, 111 Bangkok 112, Bangkok 103300 Thailand
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/tjps.tjps_63_21

How to cite this article: Sookaromdee P, Wiwanitkit V. Social media behavior in plastic surgery practice: Correspondence. Turk J Plast Surg 2022;30:88 |
Dear Editor,
We would like to share ideas on “Social media behavior in plastic surgery practice in Turkey.”[1] Emuler and Ayhan concluded that “Social media is an ideal platform for interaction, communication, participation….protected through professional guidelines and supervision.[1]” Using social media is common at present. The present study might help provide information regarding internet users. Several issues are challenging including ethical as well as privacy issues. For privacy, only a few surgeons in a recent survey used social media anonymously.[2] However, it should note that there are still many areas in developing countries that there is no internet accessibility. The behavior in plastic surgery practice might be similar or different. Finally, using social media in plastic surgery practice has to be properly controlled. In future, there might be many legal issues. Using social media during practice might or might not be appropriate and should be further discussed.
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1. | Emuler DS, Ayhan MS. Social media behavior in plastic surgery practice in Turkey. Turk J Plast Surg 2021;29:218-24. [Full text] |
2. | Wanken ZJ, Barnes JA, Eid MA, Rode JB, Bessen SY, Anderson PB, et al. Comparison of social media utilization among vascular surgeons, interventional cardiologists, and interventional radiologists at academic training institutions. Ann Vasc Surg. 2022;81:283-91. |
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