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Plastic surgery is surgery to repair or reconstruct physical defects of the skin, head and body. A plastic surgeon performs structural cosmetic surgery for aesthetic reasons to change the shape of features on the head or body, or can perform reconstructive surgery to correct deformities of the head or body caused by injury, disease, or birth defects. This specialist deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, hand, extremities, breast, trunk and external genitalia. The plastic surgeon uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures, but in all more »
Professional Experience
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
American Medical Association (1994)
American College of Surgeons (1999)
Publications
March 2005,
Comorbidity Trends in Patients Requiring Sternectomy and Reconstruction,
Annals of Plastic Surgery
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Dec 2003,
Sequential Use of a True Perforator Flap and Its Corresponding Muscle Flap, Discussion,
Annals of Plastic Surgery
Discusses some of the complexities of reconstructive operations.
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