Reconstructive / Plastic Surgery
According to the American Society
of Plastic Surgeons, nearly one million reconstructive
surgery procedures are performed each year.
Do you have a child who was born with a birth defect,
such as harelip and cleft palate? Are you a woman who
has undergone a mastectomy? Or, perhaps you've experienced
a traumatic injury or disease that has permanently affected
some part of your body that you want fixed.
Reconstructive surgery can help repair the part of your
body that is affected from any of these issues.
What Are the Different Types of Reconstructive Surgery
Procedures?
If you can imagine how many injuries, birth defects or
disfigurement issues arise in our imperfect lives, there
is a procedure that can help improve the problem, whatever
it may be.
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Breast reconstruction
or reduction.
These procedures are available for women who have undergone
a mastectomy or for women who have abnormally large breasts
that are causing back problems or other related health
issues; men also undergo breast reduction.
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Wound care. For individuals who have been severely
burned or cut, skin
grafts or other reconstructive techniques are available.
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Microsurgery or flap procedures. These surgeries can be performed to replace parts of the body affected by injury or disease, such as cancer.
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Facial surgeries. These can be performed to correct
cleft palate,
hare lip, breathing problems or chronic infections, such as those that
affect the sinuses, or even snoring. Plastic surgeons can also correct
facial deformities.
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