Pelvic reconstructive surgery treats pelvic organ prolapse, which can occur due to factors like childbirth or chronic coughing. Recovery varies depending on the type of surgery. Pelvic reconstructive ...

Extremity reconstruction surgery can be life-changing for people whose hands, arms or legs have been affected by cancer, an infection, a traumatic injury, congenital (birth) defect, or other ...

What Are the Different Types of Oral Cancer Surgery? Oral cancer surgery refers to a group of procedures with different jobs: removing cancer, rebuilding areas affected by treatment, or restoring key ...

Reconstructive surgery is an important treatment that improves both how your face looks and works after a traumatic accident or illness. Patients may need reconstructive surgery for a variety of ...

Cancer itself or cancer treatments may affect the way your body works or looks. When this happens, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the UW Center for Reconstructive Surgery provide expert solutions.

Less than one in fivewomen who have a mastectomy because of breast cancer, will even havereconstructive surgery. Little Rock plastic surgeons Melanie Prince and MichaelSpann believe it's because many ...

Certain heart conditions, including a heart attack, may contribute to an enlarged heart. In these instances, a doctor may recommend left ventricular reconstructive surgery to prevent further ...

At Fred Hutch Cancer Center and UW Medicine, we surround you with experts who specialize in caring for people with cancer. A handful of people make up the core of your reconstructive surgery team. You ...

BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) - A Brown County plastic surgeon is worried that a recent change in insurance could impact future breast cancer reconstruction surgeries. A billing issue may limit the type ...

Health insurance companies are changing the way they reimburse doctors who perform a complex type of breast reconstruction surgery. Doctors and patients fear the changes will make the procedure ...

The federal government is reconsidering a decision that breast cancer patients, plastic surgeons, and members of Congress have protested would limit women's options for reconstructive surgery. On June ...

Top surgery is a procedure that shapes breast tissue into a more traditionally masculine chest. It is often done by transmasculine individuals, such as transgender men or some non-binary people who, ...