Plastic surgery is about restoring function as well as form.

Reconstructive procedures are undertaken after congenital or birth defects,  cancer removal, or injury-[both acute, or patients suffering from chronic sequlae thereof]

Depending on the magnitude of the case-they might be staged, and performed in collaboration with other disciplines.

A few examples of these are:

• Dermatological Surgery-removing skin cancers and closing the skin to give the best result-especially in special areas-[eyelids,lips,nose,ears-any facial tumours] or other areas of concern over the neck/back/trunk/limbs

• Skin grafting-post injury or cancer-although we prefer ...

• Flaps[replacing the defect with surrounding tissue or tissue with similar consistency from elsewhere in the body]

• Hand surgery-from finger replants post accident to carpal tunnel release or crush injury repairs, tendon/nerve repairs.

• Ear surgery-for prominent/protruding ears

• Breast-reconstruction post cancer

• Lower leg/foot-reconstruction post tumour or trauma with eg bone/fracture site exposed.

• Congenital-babies born with cleft lips/palates/congenital hand abnormalities/vascular malformations.

• Head and neck-floor of mouth,tongue,jaw cancers [reconstruction after removal by an ENT surgeon

• Facial fractures-cranial,orbital,or zygomatic[cheek bone ]fractures.

For further information-please contact me.

Reconstructive procedures

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