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:

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.

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

Laser treatment of port wine stains (capillary malformations) and hemangiomas

Visit the Hemangioma and Vascular Malformation Center at Cincinnati Children’s.

Lefort Advancements / Mandibular Movement (Orthognathic Surgery)

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

Microsurgery

Facial reanimation
Soft tissue coverage of fractures
Limb salvage

Nasal Surgery

Rhinoplasty
Septoplasty

Plagiocephaly

Positional plagiocephaly / torticollis

Soft Tissue Surgery

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

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

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

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