Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Derived from the Greek word "plastikos," meaning "to mold or give form," plastic surgery has the goal of restoring function and form to the body. Unlike most surgical specialties, it is not confined to one organ system or body part. Instead, plastic surgery repairs, reconstructs and replaces physical defects involving:

• Skin and soft tissue
• Head and neck
• Facial structures
• Trunk and extremities
• Hand
• Breast
• Peripheral nerves

Complex wound and burn treatment:

• Acute burn management (thermal, chemical, electrical)
• Reconstructive burn treatment
• Difficult wound care (infections, bites, foreign bodies, chronic open wounds)
• End-stage hidradenitis suppurativa

Surgery of the breast:

• Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction
• Breast reduction
• Congenital and developmental breast deformities
• Gynecomastia

Surgery of the trunk and extremities:

• Chest and abdominal wall reconstruction
• Perineal reconstruction
• Lower extremity coverage
• Flaps, grafts, free tissue transfer, expanders