What is Pediatric Plastic Surgery?

 Plastic surgery to fix birth defects, injuries, and other problems can help a child feel better about their looks and help give them confidence. Examples of birth defects that can be helped with reconstructive surgery include: Cleft palate. surgeons are specially trained to perform surgical procedures on children, including infants, toddlers, and teenagers.

The top cosmetic surgeries are breast augmentation, liposuction, nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, tummy tuck, and facelift.

1. General Plastic Surgery:

·       Reconstructive procedures :

Reconstructive surgery repairs parts of your body affected by defects you were born with, defects that have developed because of disease, or defects caused by an injury. Cleft lip and palate repair and breast reconstructions are examples of reconstructive surgery

·       Cosmetic procedures:

In cosmetic procedures, a variety of techniques and procedures are used, including facelift, eyelid surgery, body contouring, dermabrasion, laser skin resurfacing, implants and liposuction

Complications related to anesthesia, including pneumonia, blood clots and, rarely, death.Infection at the incision site, which may worsen scarring and require additional surgery.Fluid buildup under the skin.

Among the most reoccurring types plastic surgeries, there exists rhinoplasty, breast, buttocks, and thigh surgeries. Surgeries of the abdominal wall, eyelids, arms, ears, and of the genitals are also found within this specialty.

2. Neonatal Surgery: Surgery performed on newborn infants, often for congenital anomalies or prematurity-related complications.

3.Oncology Plastic Surgery: The most common procedures performed by surgical oncologists are biopsies and surgery for cancerous growth removal.

4.Cardiothoracic Plastic Surgery: Cardiothoracic plastic surgery is an umbrella term that includes surgical procedures performed on the chest (thorax), including the heart, lungs, esophagus and more.

5.Orthopedic Plastic Surgery: Orthoplastic surgery is the combination of the principles and practices of both orthopaedics and plastic surgery when treating complex patients, either by a single provider or a collaborative team of specialists.

6.Neurosurgery: Surgery of the brain, spinal cord, and nervous system, including shunt placement, tumor resection, and treatment of epilepsy.

Some common procedures performed by pediatric surgeons include appendectomy, hernia repair, tonsillectomy, and circumcision. These procedures are often performed as outpatient surgeries, meaning that the child can go home the same day as the surgery.