• a. Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic – 1 st  Saturday
• b. Wound Clinic – 2 nd  Saturday
• c. Keloid Clinic - 3 rd  Saturday
• d. Disorders of Sexual Development Clinic – 4 th  Saturday

History of Plastic Surgery

• Plastic Surgery was started in KGMC in the year 1953, by Late Prof. R N. Sharma, who is considered the "Founder" of this specialty in North India. In 1962, a unit of Plastic Surgery was created in the Department of General Surgery. Plastic Surgery course was initiated in 1966, and was accredited by the Medical Council of India in 1969.
• Subsequently, a separate Department of Plastic Surgery was started in 1976. The extension block of the department was commissioned in 1979. The second floor was formally inaugurated and commissioned on 22nd December 2003 and currently faculty offices are located on this floor. Further extension of the department is under way.
• The Department provides postgraduate teaching, training and research facilities to MBBS, BDS, MS and MCh students. It is the only department of its kind in the state of UP. There are four seats annually for the M.Ch. (Plastic Surgery) course and till date 119 postgraduates have completed plastic surgery training. Besides general plastic surgery facilities, the department is offering round the clock emergency services.
• The department provides state of the art care in cranio-maxillofacial surgery microsurgery and hand surgery. The department is a Smile Train (USA) partner since November 2004, which helps the department to offer free cleft lip and palate surgery to all patients. It is also a partner of The World Craniofacial Foundation, U.S.A., for the treatment of craniofacial anomalies.

OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT

• The Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at King George Medical University is one of the largest in North India. It is also one of the oldest centers for teaching, training and patient care in the specialty in North India. The department has experienced faculty supported by residents, staff, nurses, physiotherapist and speech therapist. A significant percentage of in-patient work is now related to complicated trauma management, congenital deformity reconstructions, craniofacial reconstructions and microsurgery.
• The department has particular expertise in a number of areas which is contributed to by sub- specialization amongst consultants and by conduct of various super-specialty multi- disciplinary clinics.
• The Department has got general beds, ICU beds and private beds/rooms within the department premises. The Department caters to all sub-specialties of Plastic Surgery. It has 5 (four modular and one non-modular) fully equipped Operation theatres, and a Burn. It has a LASER Suite equipped with three world class Laser machines, Nd:YAG Laser, Pulse Dye Laser and CO2 Laser, for treatment of unwanted hair, pigmented lesions, tattoos, Vascular lesions, scars and for treating age related changes. The department has 09 (nine) (One in each modular operating theatre and 5 in Microsurgery lab) World Class Carl Zeiss Opmi Vario Operating Microscopes for performing Microsurgery, and for running the Microsurgery training course. It also has a complete Endoscopic Plastic Surgery system for performing minimally invasive flap harvest.Department is equipped with world class 3D Printer Project MJP 2500 which can be used to print medical models for teaching and planning patient's care. The department has Hyperbaric Unit one single chamber machine and one multi chamber machine.

• ï‚· The Department has in-house:
• o Maxillofacial and Prosthetic laboratory
• o Speech Analysis and Speech Therapy Lab
• o Physiotherapy and Splint Fabrication Unit
• o Experimental Microsurgery Laboratory
• o Nasoendoscopy Room
• o 3D Printer Lab

• The Department runs several specialty clinics like:
• o Multi-disciplinary Cleft Lip & Palate clinic
• o Keloid clinic
• o Vascular Anomalies Clinic
• o HBOT Unit

• The Department deals with the whole spectrum of Plastic Surgery and allied sub-specialities like: Congenital Deformities - Cleft Lip Palate (SMILE TRAIN, USA), Hypospadias, Hand Anomalies Trauma Care - Injuries to Hands, Feet and Facial soft tissues and bones
• Cancer reconstructions after tumor ablation Esthetic surgery - Hair Transplantation, Breast Implants and Breast Reduction, Liposuction, Face lift, Surgery for sagging eyelids (Blepharoplasty), Tummy-tuck (Abdominoplasty), Lasers for pigmentation, tattoo removal and vascular nevi. Post burn reconstructions Surgery for Deformities due to Leprosy: Paralyzed hand, Foot Drop, Facial deformities
• General Plastic Surgery
• Microsurgery – Replantation after traumatic amputation of digits and limbs, Vascular Repair after injury to blood vessels, Free Flap Tissue Transfer for complex tissue defects
• Brachial plexus surgery - Nerve repair, Nerve Transfers, Free Functioning muscle Transfers for Paralyzed Upper Limb after Trauma/Acciden