The ‘International Seminar for Bone and Joint’ and the first ‘Xiangya Bone Symposium’, which is a branch of the 2016 ‘Xiangya Medicine Forum’ are jointly organized by the Department of Orthopedics and Sport Medicine of the Xiangya Hospital, Central South University. During the meeting, Prof. Thomson had a very interesting presentation entitled “The Extended Lateral Arm Flap”. We were honored to invite Prof. Grant Thomson to share his experience in plastic surgery with us during a brief interview following his presentation.