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VARIOUS RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY PROCEDURES
There are several operative and non-operative procedures available
to improve the shape and enhance the beauty of various body parts.
Most commonly performed procedures for various body parts are
as follows:
Note: the description given under here is precise. For more
details of the procedure, post-operative course, results and complications
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| BIRTH DEFECTS |
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| Cleft
& Cleft Palate: |
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| One of the commonest birth defects or congenital deformity
involves paring or cleft of the upper lip on either or
both sides. |
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| Cranio-Facial
Defects: |
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| The child is born with several defects involving the
bony framework and the soft tissues of the skull and face. |
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| Ptosis
or Drooping Eyelids: |
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| One or both upper eyelids may be drooping to varying
extent since birth. |
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| Defects
of the Ears: |
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| One or both ears may have varying defects. The ear
may be absent, rudimentary, cup shaped, too large, fan
shaped, crumpled or bat ear shaped. |
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| Hand
& Finger Anomalies: |
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| The individual is born with extra finger or thumb or
one or two extra digits (polydactyly). |
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| Genital
Deformities: |
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| The commonest genital defect in males is abnormal opening
of the external urinary meatus or hole. |
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| Birth
Marks: |
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| Black or hyperpigmented large moles or nevus are present
any where on the body. |
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| Spinal
Canal Defects: |
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| Due to this defect the child has swelling or protrusion
anywhere along the spine. |
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| FRESH INJURIES |
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| Face
Injuries: |
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| All the wounds or cuts involving the forehead, eye
brows, eyelids, cheek region, nose, ears, lips etc. |
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| Hand
& Finger Injuries: |
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| Simple household cuts to hand and fingers. Finger tip
injuries, injuries to the tendons, nerves, blood vessels
and skin loss. |
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| Injuries
to the Limbs: |
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| Injury to the upper or the lower limbs especially when
associated with loss of skin and soft tissue coverings
with or without bony fractures require attention of plastic
surgeons. |
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| Amputations: |
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| Total or partial amputations of fingers, hand, arm
etc. due to any accidental injury require reimplantation
surgery. |
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Every Indian should be proud
of the fact that Plastic surgery originated in ancient India
in the Vedic period about 3500 B.C. It is well documented
in Sushruta Samhita, a complete and comprehensive treatise
on the principles and art of Ayurvedic surgery written by
Sushruta who is the Father of ancient Indian plastic surgery.
It is interesting to find
mention of several plastic surgery operations such as otoplasty,
rhinoplasty, tissue grafting, and some yet not achieved procedures
like organ transplant, embryo transfer, cross grafting of
head and limb transfers in ancient Indian medical treatise,
Puranic stories and Jain literature. Plastic surgery is thus
as old as surgery and has been practiced throughout the world
particularly in Asia, Egypt and Europe for centuries.
Carl Ferdinand Von Graefe
coined the term plastic surgery in Germany in 1818. The word
plastic is derived from Greek word Plastikos, that means to
mould or to reshape.
The modern plastic surgery
has however come off it's age after the two world wars.
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