Free flap reconstruction represents a cornerstone in the modern management of advanced oral and maxillofacial defects. This technique involves the transfer of tissue along with its vascular pedicle ...

When a patient with head and neck cancer has surgery to remove it, they often need reconstructive surgery in the form of a “free flap”, which is skin and tissue taken from a different part of the body ...

Our care team will answer any questions you have. Our goal is to provide you with the best option for your individual circumstances. Our high quality surgical care is done by board-certified breast ...

PHILADELPHIA - Doctors in Penn Medicine's Division of Plastic Surgery recently performed their 5,000th free flap reconstructive surgery -- in which tissue is taken from another part of the body and ...

After having a breast or breasts removed, many women choose to undergo reconstructive surgery. While there are several reconstructive options available, latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction is a good ...

Zuhaib Ibrahim, M.D. and Eric Wimmers, M.D. plastic and reconstructive surgeons from The Plastic Surgery Center, worked together to perform the first DIEP Flap Breast reconstruction at time of ...

Cancer itself or cancer treatments may affect the way your body works or looks. When this happens, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the UW Center for Reconstructive Surgery provide expert solutions.

Autologous breast reconstruction techniques are classified into different types based on the composition of flaps and the source of the tissue. TRAM refers to the transverse rectus abdominis muscle ...

Breast reconstruction after mastectomy is one of the important steps taken in recovering from breast cancer. Last fall, Bozeman Health welcomed visiting surgeon specialists, Dr. Theodore Nagel and Dr.