This department caters to almost all emergency hand injuries, post burn reconstruction, maxillofacial trauma and other congenital anomalies like cleft lip, cleft palate, hypoplastic thumb deformity, etc. The endeavor of this young and enthusiastic team of surgeons is to reduce the morbidity and provide functionality by reconstructive and microsurgical procedures thereby providing an improved quality of life to the patients.

Some of the techniques used during plastic surgery are:

• Skin Grafts - where healthy skin from an unaffected area of the body is removed and used to replace lost or damaged skin
• Skin Flap Surgery - where a piece of tissue from one part of the body is transferred to another, along with the blood vessels that keep it alive; it’s called flap surgery because the healthy tissue usually remains partially attached to the body while it’s repositioned
• Tissue Expansion - where surrounding tissue is stretched to enable the body to “grow” extra skin, which can then be used to help reconstruct the nearby area
• Fat Transfer or Grafting - where fat is removed from one area and inserted in another area, usually to correct unevenness
• Vacuum Closure - where suction is applied to a wound through a sterile piece of foam or gauze to draw out fluid and encourage healing
• camouflage make-up or cream
• prosthetic devices, such as artificial limbs