Plastic Surgery

  • Conditions Treated

    The plastic surgeons at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center proudly offer a wide variety of surgical expertise in the following areas in addition to routine plastic surgery procedures:

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    + Brachial Plexus Surgery

    • Obstetric brachial plexus injury
    • Upper extremity nerve transfer
    • Upper extremity functional muscle and tendon transfer

    Visit the Brachial Plexus Center at Cincinnati Children’s.

    + Breast Surgery

    • Breast reduction
    • Reconstruction of absent  or small breasts
    • Removal of extra nipples
    • Removal of male breast tissue (gynecomastia)

    + Burn Surgery / Burn Reconstruction

    Burn surgery and reconstruction are performed through the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Cincinnati.

    Visit Cincinnati Shriners.

    + Cleft Lip and Palate

    • Cleft lip repair
    • Cleft palate repair
    • Pharyngeal flap
    • Cleft lip / nasal revision
    • Alveolar bone grafting
    • Orthognathic surgery of maxilla and mandible
    • Rhinoplasty

    Visit the Craniofacial Center at Cincinnati Children’s.

    + Congenital Hand Surgery

    • Extra fingers (toes): polydactyly
    • Webbed fingers: syndactyly
    • Club hand
    • Absent thumbs

    Visit the Hand and Upper Extremity Center at Cincinnati Children’s.

    + Cranial Banding (Plagiocephaly and Helmet Therapy)

    Positional plagiocephaly / torticollis

    + Cranial Vault Surgery

    • Scaphocephaly / sagittal synostosis
    • Plagiocephaly / coronal synostosis, one side
    • Brachycephaly / coronal synostosis, both sides
    • Complex synostosis syndromes: Crouzon, Apert, Pfeiffer, Saethre-Chotzen
    • Synostosis secondary to hydrocephalus
    • Minimally invasive techniques (endoscopic and spring-mediated cranioplasty)

    Visit the Craniofacial Center at Cincinnati Children’s.

    + Distraction of the Craniofacial Skeleton

    • Mandibular distraction − Pierre Robin sequence
    • Mid-face distraction

    Visit the Craniofacial Center at Cincinnati Children’s.

    + Ear Surgery

    • Total ear reconstruction
    • Otoplasty

    + Facial Trauma Surgery

    Facial trauma – laceration / fracture repair

    + Hand Surgery

    • Hand trauma – skin laceration / tendon / nerve / fracture repair
    • Cyst removal
    • Trigger digits

    Visit the Hand and Upper Extremity Center at Cincinnati Children’s.

    + Hemangioma and Vascular Malformation Center

    + Lefort Advancements / Mandibular Movement (Orthognathic Surgery)

    • Cleft lip and palate
    • Hemifacial microsomia
    • Treacher Collins
    • Apert
    • Crouzon
    • Long face syndrome

    + Microsurgery

    • Facial reanimation
    • Soft tissue coverage of fractures
    • Limb salvage

    + Nasal Surgery

    • Rhinoplasty
    • Septoplasty

    + Soft Tissue Surgery

    • Tissue expansion
    • Nevus removal (mole)
    • Cyst removal
    • Pyogenic granuloma
    • Dermoid tumors
    • Pilomatrixoma