plastic surgery
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Indications
- restoration, reconstruction, or improvement in the shape & appearance of body structures not amenable to medical therapy including:
- large skin lesions
- burns
- superficial trauma
- superficial congenital anomalies
- cosmetic surgery for features of aging
- may help patients look a few years younger, but not any more attractive[2]
Notes
- see surgery
- dermatologists perform most facial reconstructions[1]
More general terms
More specific terms
- breast reconstruction
- breast reduction; reduction mammoplasty
- canthopexy
- cervicoplasty; neck lift
- chemical peel; chemexfoliation; derma peeling
- cosmetic surgery
- delay of flap
- dermabrasion
- face transplantation
- genioplasty
- labiaplasty
- liposuction (lipectomy, lipoplasty)
- mastopexy (breast lift)
- pharyngoplasty; pharyngeal flap procedure
- reduction of overcorrection of ptosis
- release of contracture
- repair of blepharoptosis
- repair of cleft lip
- repair of epispadias
- repair of eyelid retraction
- repair of lagophthalmos
- rhinoplasty; nasal reconstruction [includes: septoplasty]
- rhytidectomy; facelift
- skin graft
- tissue expansion
Additional terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Donaldson MR, Coldiron BM. Dermatologists perform the majority of cutaneous reconstructions in the Medicare population: Numbers and trends from 2004 to 2009. J Am Acad Dermatol 2013 May; 68:803 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23453358 <Internet> http://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(13)00092-3/abstract
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zimm AJ et al. Objective assessment of perceived age reversal and improvement in attractiveness after aging face surgery. JAMA Facial Plast Surg 2013 Aug 1 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23907096 <Internet> http://archfaci.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1722859