Ear reconstruction includes the surgical re-building of the ear in case of its absence or irregular shape(microtia). Ear reconstruction surgery is usually performed when the patient is five years old, and 3-4 surgical sessions might be required to create an ear, which is similar to the contralateral side. If any complications occur, more and different types of additional surgery can be necessary. The use of ear prosthesis is an alternative to the surgery.
Double jaw surgery, which is also called as "orthognathic surgery," includes surgical replacement of the teeth-jaw bones and other soft-stiff tissues to their ideal anatomic locations. Although these procedures do not include any aesthetic cause, they cause various facial alignments. These alignments are modified in order to fit each patient, and the patient gets a more aesthetic appearance after the jaw alignment surgery.
Facial fractures include fractures and depression of the bones which form the facial structure. These fractures could result from various accidents such as home injuries, occupational accidents or traffic accidents. In some conditions, the facial skin could remain intact, but more commonly, damage to the facial skin accompanies the fracture. Facial fractures are hard to diagnose in the early period since swelling and edema of the subcutaneous tissue might conceal the pathology. In such cases, underlying deformities appear when edema decreases a few days after the trauma.
Microsurgery procedures which are performed by specialist plastic surgeons to reconstruct tissue loss in the lower extremities, one of the areas most exposed to trauma in traffic accidents, occupational accidents, sports injuries, falling and slipping, are called lower extremity surgeries. For this procedure, skin, muscle or bone tissues are usually taken from the other leg or another part of the body and are transferred to the damaged area.
The uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells which results in tumour formation in humans is called skin cancer. Skin cancers are caused by the effect of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun. The ultraviolet radiation causes DNA damage in human skin cells, which enable them to multiply uncontrollably, trigger genetic defects, and form malignant tumours.
It is a hand surgery procedure using the microsurgery method to stitch up the hand or toe fingers that are chopped as a result of accidents and traumas. In other words, the microsurgery method is an integral part of hand surgery in such cases. Still, in some cases, it is not possible to stitch up the fingers again. Here, the finger transplant method comes up.
Abnormal swelling that occurs in humans due to excessive lipoidosis and fluid accumulation in the hips, thighs and legs is called "Lipoedema" in medical language. This disease, also called painful lipoidosis syndrome, can sometimes be seen on the arms, although it mostly affects the legs. The degree of lipoedema, which is a chronic adipose tissue disease, differs from person to person. While it may be mild in some patients, it may reach the condition that prevents even walking in others. Lipoedema, which is a genetic disease, is always seen in women. This disease, which usually occurs during adolescence, also has a high chance of being seen in other women in the family.
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