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Specialty 40
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
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Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery — Atlas
This specialty validates a distinct constitutional property of accountability (Volume II). Its canonical case, obligation architecture, and constitutional relationships are transcribed from the ratified specialty corpus.
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Canonical case
Constitutional property
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Staged Reconstructive Surgery Without Demonstrable Continuity of the Planned Reconstructive Obligation Chain
Constitutional first cause
The Engine begins when:
A staged reconstructive strategy is initiated in which completion depends upon planned future procedures and reassessment.
Not when the reconstruction fails.
Not when the cosmetic result is poor.
At the decision to begin a staged reconstruction.
10Final reconstruction completed or long-term management established.
Constitutional observations
What The Engine makes visible
Current systems can demonstrate:
one operation completed;
follow-up occurred;
another surgery scheduled.
They often cannot demonstrate:
whether the original reconstructive strategy remained coherent;
who owned the transition between stages;
why stages changed;
whether completion remained achievable;
whether the patient's goals evolved.
The accountability unit is not the operation.
It is the staged obligation architecture.
No worked demonstration is provisioned for this specialty in this build. Occupational Medicine (Specialty 25) is the first domain and carries the worked demonstration; the constitutional architecture above is shared across specialties.