Plastic surgery after injuries and wounds

Traumatic reconstructive surgery is a type of plastic surgery aimed at restoring and reconstructing damaged tissue, skin, or bones as a result of trauma or injury.

During the operation, the plastic surgeon restores the patient's motor functions, improves the appearance of the body, and eliminates trauma-related discomfort.

Injuries treated by plastic surgeons

Burns

Burns can be caused by exposure to fire, hot liquids or steam, electric current, hot surfaces such as metal or glass, or chemicals. Reconstructive surgery for burns includes skin grafts and scar removal surgery.

Facial injuries

Facial injuries can include wounds resulting from combat, car accidents, active sports, etc. Common facial injuries include lacerations (cuts), fractures, and craniofacial injuries to the skull and bones.

Reconstructive surgery aims to prevent post-traumatic facial deformities, restore facial function, and improve the patient's appearance.

The techniques used by plastic surgeon Dmitry Slosser include skin flap surgery, soft tissue transplantation, and microsurgery.

Limb injuries

Hand injuries are the most common type of traumatic injury and include lacerations, crushing, fractures, nerve and tendon damage, ligament damage, and loss of fingers.

Reconstructive surgery for hand injuries includes skin grafting, skin flap surgery, and surgery to reattach a damaged finger.

Lower limb injuries usually result from car accidents or sports injuries. In today's reality, during combat operations, a person can suffer serious leg injuries as a result of mine and shrapnel wounds. Such complex leg injuries often require a combination of orthopedic and plastic surgery.

How does the preparation for surgery take place?

During the initial consultation, the plastic surgeon will examine you, collect your medical history, and learn about your complaints and personal expectations for treatment. You can ask the doctor any questions you may have. After the physical examination, you will need to have a CT or MRI scan so that the plastic surgeon can assess the damage to your bones or soft tissues as a result of the injury.

After gathering all the necessary information, the surgeon will select the most optimal solution for your problem and tell you what you need to do to prepare for the operation, how it will proceed, and what the further recovery process will be.

Skin flap surgery

Skin flap surgery involves moving healthy tissue and blood vessels from one part of the body to another to replace lost skin or fat and restore the function and movement of the affected area.

There are several different types of skin flap surgery:

• Local flap - the flap is located next to the wound and the skin remains attached to maintain blood supply;
• Regional flap - an area of tissue is attached to a specific blood supply;
• Bone or soft tissue flap - bone and skin are transferred from one part of the body to another;
• Musculocutaneous (skin-muscle) flap - provides tissue augmentation and enhanced blood supply to the area;
• Free microvascular flap - involves the detachment and reattachment of skin and blood vessels using microsurgery.

Skin grafting

This technique involves transferring healthy skin from one part of the body to another. Skin grafts can be divided by thickness, when only the upper layers of the skin are used, or full thickness, when all layers of the skin, including blood vessels, are used.

Tissue expansion surgery

The tissue around the injury is stretched to create new skin, which is then used to reconstruct the damaged area.

Fat transfer surgery

Fat is removed from one part of the body and injected into another to even out body tissue.

Rehabilitation after reconstructive surgery

Recovery from any type of surgery is different for everyone and depends on factors such as age, overall health, and whether there were any complications during the operation.

Your plastic surgeon will provide you with the necessary medication schedule and a list of all the procedures you will need to undergo for a certain period of time after the surgery.

Experienced plastic surgeon Dmytro Slosser and his team are able to restore the functionality of damaged areas of the body or limbs and improve the patient's appearance after trauma.