The word "plasty" comes from the Greek word plastikos, which means "to mold or give form". Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration and rejuvenation of the human body.
Plastic Surgery is a broad Speciality have multiple sub-specialities like:
Reconstructive surgery covers a wide range of specialties, including craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and onco-plastic surgery. This category of surgery focuses on restoring and reconstructing a body part or improving its function.
In contrast, cosmetic (or aesthetic) surgery focuses solely on improving the physical appearance of the body and rejuvenating the looks and improving the presentation of a person. A comprehensive definition of plastic surgery has never been established, because it has no distinct anatomical object and thus overlaps with practically all other surgical specialties. An essential feature of plastic surgery is that it involves the treatment of conditions that require or may require tissue relocation skills.
The Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery in Bombay Hospital, Jaipur has state-of-art instruments and well equipped and skilled staff and doctors to handle all kind of plastic surgery services. The department broadly deals with
All types of wounds (road traffic accidents, animal bites, traumatic wounds, assault and self-inflicted)