The Plastic Surgery Group, PC

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

The Plastic Surgery Group, PC is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery practice in Chattanooga, TN with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in performing reconstructive plastic surgery necessary after traumatic illness or injury. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons at The Plastic Surgery Group, PC perform reconstructive procedures on the skin, face, breast, lip, and other parts of the body affected by congenital birth defect, trauma, or illness. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is a medical specialty focused on surgically reconstructing parts of the body negatively impacted by illness or injury for functional and aesthetic reasons. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery practices include cleft lip and palate, facial and ear deformity, post-operative breast cancer reconstruction, removal of skin cancer metastases, damage caused by traumatic injury, post-treatment reconstruction of damage caused by skin cancer or burns, and surgical reconstruction to improve hand or limb function. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery practices include diagnostic imaging, injury or deformity assessment, microsurgery, skin grafting, tissue expansion, flap surgery, and post-operative patient education.

A surgeon who specializes in plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Plastic Surgery

The Plastic Surgery Group, PC is a Plastic Surgery practice in Chattanooga, TN with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in performing repair, reconstruction, or replacement surgery on external parts of the body. Plastic Surgeons at The Plastic Surgery Group, PC perform surgical procedures that enhance physical appearance, reduce or eliminate physical deformity, or improve physical function. Plastic Surgery is a medical specialty focused on repairing, reconstructing, or replacing physical defects involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, cranial and jaw structures, hand, extremities, breast and abdomen, and external genitalia. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Plastic Surgery practices include post-operative breast cancer, cleft lip or palate, post-operative skin cancer, skin lesions, replant amputation, burn injury, post-weight loss skin laxity, crow's feet, skin wrinkles, carpal tunnel syndrome, and obesity. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Plastic Surgery practices include breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast lift, facelift, lip augmentation, tummy tuck, nose reshaping (rhinoplasty), Botox injection, laser skin resurfacing, liposuction, and eye lift.

A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk and external genitalia or cosmetic enhancement of these areas of the body. Cosmetic surgery is an essential component of plastic surgery. The plastic surgeon uses cosmetic surgical principles to both improve overall appearance and to optimize the outcome of reconstructive procedures. The surgeon uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well.

Surgery of the Hand

A surgeon with expertise in the investigation, preservation and restoration by medical, surgical and rehabilitative means, of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.

Orthopedic Hand Surgery

The Plastic Surgery Group, PC is an Orthopedic Hand Surgery practice in Chattanooga, TN with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing and treating hand dysfunctions with physical and occupational therapy or with surgery to restore movement and reduce or eliminate pain. Orthopedic Hand Surgeons at The Plastic Surgery Group, PC perform diagnosis, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and surgery. Orthopedic Hand Surgery is the field of medicine that treats dysfunctions of the hand, wrist, and forearm with and without surgery. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Orthopedic Hand Surgery practices include carpal tunnel syndrome, wrist pain, cuts on the fingers and hand and sports injuries. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Orthopedic Hand Surgery practices include diagnostics, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and surgery.

An orthopaedic surgeon trained in the investigation, preservation and restoration by medical, surgical and rehabilitative means of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.