Common Surgical Procedures

Non-healing wounds can occur in the body due to diabetes, blocked blood vessels or bed dependency. Wound care is one of the most important categories of plastic surgery. It covers the stages starting from preventing the formation of wounds to the care and follow-up of wounds with advanced technologies and surgery when necessary.

Wounds usually heal with scarring in every healthy person. Surgery is also a tissue injury and scarring occurs. Thanks to special surgical techniques, these scars are minimized Burns are also one of the important causes of scars. Plastic surgery is not magic, but in such cases, there are many methods to be applied thanks to advanced technology and experienced teams.

Accidents and various traumas can cause fractures in the nose, cheekbone or jawbone. Titanium plates and screws are used to repair these fractures. Correct repair of the facial bones is very important, not only in terms of appearance but also functionally.

The incidence of skin cancer has increased considerably today due to ozone depletion and sun exposure. There are different types of skin cancers. In some types, it is sufficient to remove the area with a 3-4 mm skin margin, while some types are quite dangerous. The most important point to be considered here is sun protection. If there is a mole on the body that grows rapidly, itches, becomes sore, changes shape and color, a plastic surgeon should be consulted without losing time. In some cases, the existing suspicious mole should be removed and examined with appropriate margins and minor intervention. Treatment planning is done accordingly.

Hypospadias, also known as “prophet’s circumcision” among the people, which is defined as the urinary orifice coming from the back of the penis rather than the tip of the penis, is common in boys. Girls may not have a vagina for various reasons. In these and similar cases, plastic surgery will recommend the most appropriate treatment.

Today, one in 8 women is at risk of breast cancer. In this case, it may be necessary to remove all or part of the breast. With the approval of the oncologist and surgeon, plastic surgery will help to reconstruct the breast. This surgery can be performed at the same time as breast surgery or after a certain period of time after other treatments have been completed. In the treatment, the person’s own tissue or breast prosthesis is used.

With microsurgery, it is possible to move tissue from one part of the body to the part of the body where it is needed, along with the vessel (and sometimes the nerve). With this technique, it is possible, for example, to make a jaw from the tibia of a person whose jaw has been completely removed, or to make an esophagus from part of the intestine of a person whose esophagus has been removed. Similarly, damaged nerves and vessels are repaired in this way.

Some or all of these limbs may be lost due to accidents, cancer or burns. In this case, results close to the original can be obtained with various surgical techniques. The outcome depends on the degree and cause of the loss.