Burns & Plastic Surgery

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Plastic surgery is a medical and cosmetic specialty concerned with repair and reconstruction of lost, injured and deformed body parts as a result of burns, cancer, trauma, birth defects, etc. This type of surgery generally does not deal with viscera, but with the non-visceral structures, viz. scalp, skull, external ear, face and facial bones, chest wall, abdominal wall, external genitalia and extremities. Kalra Hospital has special facility with separate cubicles to nurse patients with burns. The plastic surgery wing is well equipped with state of the art equipment to provide a full range of plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Our board-certified surgeons have the right skill and training to handle the most sophisticated cases. They provide a midas touch with healing hands for fast recovery.

Plastic surgery covers a very broad field, and can be considered under the following clinical areas:

Reconstructive plastic surgery: This type of surgery is performed to correct functional impairments caused by

• Burns.
• Traumatic injuries; such as facial bone fractures.
• Congenital abnormalities; such as cleft lip, or cleft palate.
• Developmental abnormalities.
• Infection or disease.

Removal of Cancer or Tumor : such as a mastectomy for a breast cancer, a head and neck cancer or an abdominal invasion by a colon cancer