ASPS unveils COVID-19's impact and pent-up patient demand fueling post-pandemic boom
E-Mail ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (April 27, 2021) - The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) - the world's largest plastic surgery organization, representing nearly 8,000 members - today released the 2020 results of the organization's annual procedure survey coupled with national consumer research reflecting trends during the COVID-19 era to help predict what 2021 will bring. The Society's board-certified plastic surgeons reported they stopped performing elective surgical procedures for an average of 8.1 weeks in 2020 due to COVID-19, or 15 percent of the year, which mirrors the decli...