5,000 and Counting: Penn Medicine Celebrates Reconstruction Milestone
March 28, 2017
March 28, 2017
PHILADELPHIA, March 28 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release:
Doctors in Penn Medicine's Division of Plastic Surgery recently performed their 5,000th free flap reconstructive surgery - in which tissue is taken from another part of the body and used to improve the appearance of a wound or scar. Focusing on breast reconstructions, as well as head and neck surgeries and leg surgeries, Penn has become the largest free flap re . . .
Doctors in Penn Medicine's Division of Plastic Surgery recently performed their 5,000th free flap reconstructive surgery - in which tissue is taken from another part of the body and used to improve the appearance of a wound or scar. Focusing on breast reconstructions, as well as head and neck surgeries and leg surgeries, Penn has become the largest free flap re . . .