Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Restoration of function and
correction of deformity
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Resulting from trauma, neoplasia,
etc
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Largely about transferring tissue
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Techniques:
o Direct closure
o Graft: gets blood supply from wound site
o Flaps: brings blood supply with it (especially over bony prominences,
and if further surgery will go through it again)
o Tissue expansion
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Always:
o Repair in layers
o External layers everted (if inverted then retraction ®
depression)
· Burns
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See Mr Tan‟s very interesting but
non-examinable hand-outs
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