2.1. plastic surgery

geriatric

1. RE-CONSTRUCTIVE
SURGERY

2. At the end of the session we will be able
to;
define reconstructive surgery
list the aims of reconstructive surgery in Burn
describe the techniques of reconstruction


Learning Objectives
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3. Plastic Surgery
Reconstructive
Surgery
Cosmetic
Surgery
Performed on
normal
structures of the
body to improve
appearance
Performed on
abnormal
structures of the
body to improve
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approximate
normal
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4. Reconstructive Surgery
Reconstructive Surgery
Deals with tumor removal, laceration repair,
scar repair, hand surgery, and cleft lip and
palate surgery.

Following management of the burn wounds,
rehabilitation also involves reconstructive
surgery aiming to restore function, then to
restore esthetic appearances.


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5. The basic concerns in burns reconstruction are
for function, comfort, and appearance.


Burn Reconstructive Surgery
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6. To achieve would closure
To prevent infection
To re-establish the function and properties of
an intact skin
To reduce the effect of burn scars causing
joint contractures
To reduce the extent of a cosmetically
unacceptable scar


Aims
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8. Secondary wound closure
Excision and primary closure
Z-plasty
Skin Graft
Flaps
Tissue expansion
Vacuum assisted closure
Skin substitutes
Implants and prosthesis
Techniques Of Reconstruction
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9. Secondary wound closure
 referred to as closure by secondary intention.
The skin edges of the wound are not sutured
together; the wound is left “open.” Dressings
are applied regularly to keep the wound clean,
and the wound gradually closes and heals on
its own.
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10. requiring incision through the deep dermis
(including subcutaneous and deeper tissues)
of open wounds, burn eschar, or burn scars.

The burn wound is surgically removed and the
edges are sutured together.

Excision and primary closure

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11. to improve the functional and cosmetic
appearance of scars.
used to flatten hypertrophic scars and elevate
depressed scar



Z-plasty

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13. “A skin flap contains
its own vasculature
and therefore can be
used to take over a
wound bed that is
avascular.”

Flaps are tissues that
are transferred with a
blood supply
Skin flaps
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14. TYPES OF SKIN FLAP
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15. Random pattern
flap is further
classified by its
movement.
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16. Skin Flap- epidermis, dermis and superficial
fascia
Fasciocutaneous Flap- epidermis, dermis and
both superficial and deep fascia
Muscle Flap-muscle belly without overlying
structures
Types of skin flaps
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17. Myocutaneous Flap-muscle belly with the
overlying skin
Osseous Flap- bone
Osseomyocutaneous Flap-bone, muscle, skin
Composite Flap- Contains a no. Of different
tissues such as skin, fascia, muscle and bone.


Types of skin flaps
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18. Local Flap
Types of skin flaps
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19. Pedicle flap:
those which are
transferred to
another area of
the body but the
vascular
attachment is
always
maintained

Distant Flap

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20. Free flap
Those in which the tissue is completely separated
from the body and transferred to another area and
the vascular supply is re-established by anastomising
the blood vessels

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21. After a flap has been moved it should be
observed for tissue color, warmth and turgor,
and be pressed to assess blanching and
capillary refill time.

Patients post skin reconstruction should be
kept in a room at higher temperature than
normal in order to encourage vasodilatation.


Nursing Consideration
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22. ‘WET, WARM AND
COMFORTABLE’ the best
advice for postoperative flap
care
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23. Tissue Expansion
•A surgical tissue expander is basically an
expandable balloon usually constructed of
silocone rubber with a means of introducing
fluids at intervals usually a self sealing port.

•The expander is placed beneath the skin
adjacent to the defect and port situated at a
convenient place.
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24. Tissue Expanders
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25. •This is achieved by
injecting sterile saline
through the skin into
the port.

•When the desired
expansion is achieved
the expanded skin
may then be
fashioned into a local,
distant or free flap
and used to close the
defect.
Tissue Expansion
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27. Vacuum assisted closure

•The foam is connected by a tube to a suction
device.
•This is effectively a negative pressure pump
that can be controlled to give intermittent
suction.
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28.  “Skin Substitutes are defined as a
heterogeneous group of wound cover
materials that aid in wound closure and
replace the functions of the skin either
temporarily or permanently”
Skin Substitutes

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30. Artificial substitutes for body parts, and
materials inserted into tissue for functional,
cosmetic, or therapeutic purposes.

include solid and soft silicone materials, many
forms of filler including collagen and
polymers.


Implants and Prosthesis
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32. Any Questions??
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33. LET’S SUMMARIZE
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34. Williams NS, Bulstrode C, O’Connell RP, editors.
Bailey and love’s short practice of surgery. 25th ed.
London: Oxford University Press; 2013 Feb 18. ISBN:
9780340939321.

Hale A, ’donovan Rhona O, Diskin S, Mcevoy S,
Keohane C, Gormley G. Impairment and disability
short course Physiotherapy in burns, plastics and
Reconstructive surgery. University of Limerick; 2013.

References
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35. Kemble J.V.H, Lamb.B.E.Plastic surgery and burns
nursing. Wm Clowes Ltd, first edition,Beccles.

Principles Of Burn Reconstruction - plastic surgery.
Available from:
http://doctorlib.info/surgery/plastic/16.html.

References
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