Amongst all the specialties it is the broadest speciality dealing with deformities from head to toe. A wide spectrum of cases are performed in this specialty from skin grafting (least complicated) to microvascular free tissue transfer. Reconstruction of the deformed body parts following trauma or burns, restoring function following nerve injuries, correction of congenital deformities come under the purview of plastic surgery.
A skin graft is a patch of skin that is removed by surgery from one area of the body and transplanted, or attached, to another area.
Skin grafts may be recommended for:
• Areas where there has been infection that caused a large amount of skin loss
• Burns
• reconstructive surgeries where there has been skin damage or skin loss
• Skin cancer surgery
• Surgeries that need skin grafts to heal
• Venous ulcers, pressure ulcers, or diabetic ulcers that do not heal
• Very large wounds
• A wound that the surgeon has not been able to close properly
Full thickness Skin and tissue transfer to cover a defect following trauma or cancer surgery.
• Crush Injury Hand • Hand fractures • Finger tip Reconstruction • Thumb Reconstruction • Microvascualr Repair • Maxillofacial Trauma • Congenital Hand deformities(Syndactyly, Polydactyly,Thumb Hypoplasia) • Nerve injuries(Radial Nerve, Ulnar Nerve, Median Neve) • Gynecomastia • Abdominoplasty • Hair Transplant • Burns and Post Burn Reconstruction • Scar RemovalM • Birth Mark and Tattoo Removal • Ingrowing toe nail