Plastic surgery is a medical specialty that involves restoring, reconstructing, or altering the human body. Plastic surgery aims to improve a person's appearance or restore function to a body part that has been affected by injury or disease. Plastic surgery can be both cosmetic and reconstructive. Cosmetic plastic surgery is typically performed to enhance a person's physical appearance. In contrast, reconstructive plastic surgery is done to correct abnormalities or deformities caused by congenital defects, trauma, infection, tumors, or disease.
The Department of Plastic, Hand, and Reconstructive Surgery & Regenerative Medicine Surgery has a strong profile of its own but is also heavily involved in multidisciplinary patient care (breast, obesity, tumor, trauma, congenital malformations and pediatric medicine, chronic wounds, geriatric medicine, …..)
Bariatric plastic surgery, also known as post-bariatric surgery, addresses the functional and cosmetic concerns of patients who have undergone significant weight loss through bariatric surgery. Standard procedures include body lifts (upper and lower), tummy tucks, arm lifts, thigh lifts, breast lifts, and face and neck lifts. Bariatric plastic surgery can help patients achieve a more proportional, balanced physique and improve their quality of life after weight loss by removing excess skin and reshaping the body.
The shape of the breasts is crucial for both men and women. Plastic Surgery is a member of the breast cancer Care group.
For females, plastic surgery offers solutions for everyday problems affecting the aesthetic image of the female breast, including congenital malformations, breast size (Hyperplasia, Hypoplasia, Anisomastia), sagging (Ptosis), and breast cancer. Procedures like breast enlargement, reduction, augmentation, shaping, and reconstruction using autologous tissue or silicone implants can help improve appearance and psychological well-being.
Men may experience aesthetic issues related to the appearance of their breasts. Congenital malformations, resection of the gland/breast, nipple piercing deformities, enlargement of breasts, and sagging breasts after weight loss are common conditions affecting the male breast. Liposuction, breast gland resection, breast reduction, and chest lift are some of the procedures that can help improve the appearance of the male breast. Men can also be affected by breast cancer, though it is relatively rare and often diagnosed at a later stage than in women due to a lack of early detection programs.
تCosmetic or plastic surgery aims to improve a person's appearance and ultimately improve their well-being. These treatments and procedures can be performed on any part of the body. This includes many different operations. Liposuction is a technique for permanently removing fat cells from under the skin, which changes the shape if the skin is sufficiently elastic. On the other hand, fat injection involves using body fat to inject tissue, and the chances of success for the growth of transplanted fat cells are high. Finally, cosmetic surgery can also be performed on the head and neck, upper extremities, trunk, and lower extremities, with face and neck lifts, nose surgery, tummy tucks, and thigh lifts.
Plastic surgeons aim to achieve the best possible aesthetic results in addition to restoring function, even in the reconstruction of disfiguring tumors or large, life-threatening defects, because they believe that “form is function.”
Reconstructive surgery involves restoring the body's form and function and treating defects resulting from congenital malformations, accidents, infections, tumors, or chronic diseases. Microsurgery, using a microscope to work on tissue, is a fundamental technique in reconstructive and hand surgery, allowing surgeons to work on vessels and nerves as small as 1-2 mm in diameter. Other courses in plastic surgery include perforator flaps, microvascular tissue transfer, peripheral nerve surgery, and lymphatic microsurgery.
Regenerative medicine is a new subspecialty that focuses on tissue regeneration and anti-aging, including stem cell therapy.
Burns can cause serious and unbearable injuries, especially when they affect the face or areas of the body that are subject to mechanical stress, such as the hands and feet. Plastic surgery offers many cosmetic and surgical treatment options for burns to achieve the best results and functionality. Localized burns are treated with intensive wound therapy, the latest surgical techniques, and skin grafting. Modern wound dressings, hydrotherapy, and enzymatic debridement are also used. Burn scars can cause significant problems, even after healing, such as retracted areas, differences in level, and limitations in movement and function. The department offers a range of cosmetic surgery options, including scar revision, spot patches, skin grafts, tissue expanders, complex microsurgical tissue transfers, and autologous fat grafting.
