Plastic Surgery

INTRODUCTION:

The Burns Unit was initiated in the year 1974, when the then Dean, Prof. H.D. Singh unfurled the importance of a separate burn unit proposed by the then Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Prof. K. MathangiRamakrishnan. The Government then sanctioned a 10 bedded BURN UNIT attached to the Department of Plastic Surgery and was commissioned in June 1981 at the First floor of the GuruswamyMudaliar Block. In the same year a proposal for upgrading the unit to a 50-beded unit was envisaged and the Government sanctioned the same and the same was commissioned in the First floor of the existing Out-Patient Block in March 1985, with increase in the posts of Staff Nurses and Assistant Professors.

INFRASTRUCTURE:

The burns unit is one of Largest Units in South India. The Burns & Plastic surgery department is a 60 bedded comprehensive unit with an Intensive Care Ward, a separate Male, Female, Pediatric & Post operative Wards. An exclusive Operation theatre complex equipped with 2 OT tables and Operating Microscope each for burns and plastic surgery functions for 4 days a week in Burns & 3 days a week for Plastic Surgery. Emergency procedures for Burns, Trauma, Hand &Facio-maxillary injuries are carried out 24×7 in the emergency Operation Theatre. A separate Physiotherapy center is a great boon to the department. The Department has a library with large collection of Text books and Journals in Plastic Surgery and Burns.

The department also has an Exclusive Skin bank maintained along with the Department of Microbiology which helps in management of extensive burns. Recently, highly sophisticated equipments including the Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), Carbon dioxide Laser were installed in the department.

The BURNS Unit is the,

◈One of Largest Units in South India

◈Tertiary Referral Centre for neighbouring States

◈Has International Recognition

◈Has trained many Super specialists in Burns and Plastic Surgery over the past 40 years

◈Several Publications have been made in National and International Journals.

◈Contributions for many Text Books have been made from the Department Of Burns & Plastic

◈Visitors from various Burn Centersall over the World have visited the Department. KMC was the apex training centre for NHM sponsored “BURNS MANAGEMENT TRAINING “ program for medical personnel across the state.

SERVICES:

24x7 Emergency services are provided for Burns, Trauma, Hand &Facio-maxillary injuries

Services offered in Burns:

◈24-hour Care of the Burn Patients throughout the year

◈Intensive Care Unit to resuscitate and revive the acutely burnt patients

◈Male, Female and Paediatric Burn Patients are looked after in separate wards

◈Self-contained Operation Theatre exclusively for managing Burn Patients with 3 operation tables.

◈Separate Physiotherapy Unit to rehabilitate the patients

◈A dedicated Dietitian caters to the needs of all Burn patients.

◈Rehabilitation of the burn survivor is planned by the members of the burn team and effectively executed by the NGO attached to the department.

◈Patients with Post Burn Sequelae are followed up regularly with surgery and Splintage.

◈Burn Patients get all modalities of treatment all under one roof.

◈Every year, during Plastic surgery day (July 15th) festivities like Deepavali, we create public awareness to reduce the incidence of burn injuries by conducting camps and through Press.

Services offered in Plastic Surgery:

All plastic and reconstructive procedures are managed here effectively

◈Trauma

   ◈ Hand injuries

   ◈ Faciomaxillary injuries

◈Aesthetic

   ◈Gynaecomastia

   ◈Rhinoplasty

   ◈Abdominoplasty

   ◈Oculoplasty

   ◈Otoplasty

   ◈Liposuction

   ◈LASER

   ◈Scar revision

   ◈Fat grafting

   ◈Hair transplant

   ◈Aesthetic

   ◈Mammoplasty

◈Cleft lip/Palate

◈Microtia/Anotia

◈Hypospadias

◈Hand Surgery

   ◈Congenital hand

   ◈Replantation

   ◈Hand fractures

◈Oncoplastic reconstruction

◈Microvascular surgery

◈Peripheral nerve & Brachial plexus surgery

◈Lymphedema

◈Diabetic foot

◈Chronic wound management

FACULTY:

STATISTICS:

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

◈ 6 M. Ch Plastic Surgery Post Graduate students are trained every year

◈ M. Ch Post graduates from other centers are trained in Burn Care during their curriculum

◈ M.S Post graduates are posted for training in Burn care and Plastic Surgery 1 month during their curriculum.

◈ Nursing Students are trained in Burn Nursing for 1 month during their curriculum

◈ BPT (Bachelor of Physiotherapy) and Occupational therapy students, both government and private institutions are trained in Burn Physiotherapy for 1 month during their internship.

Publications of the Teacher

Funded Research projects

Awards

Events in Department of Plastic Surgery

◈  KMC is the apex centre for burns in the state of Tamil Nadu providing special training program under NHM all over the state. People from all over the state, divided as batches attended the training program held in our department. The groups consisted of heterogenic population including doctors, staff nurses, physiotherapist, microbiologist, MNA,FNA. The training was catered to all the people benefitting the whole group and emphasising the importance of “Team Work”.

◈  KMC also provided special training for the people of AIIMS in starting “SKIN BANK”. As KMC has a well established and a fully functional skin bank and as AIIMS wanted to start a SKIN BANK we had organised a special training program for the same.

◈  Dr. CK Paul visited our Burns unit as a part of his central government scheme.

◈  Honorable TN Health Minister inaugurated and donated to the the public, Highly sophisticated instruments of Hyperbaric oxygen therapy(HBOT), Carbone dioxide Laser, Operating microscope, dermatome worth 8.8 crores on 9 th oct 2024 to the Department of Burns, Plastic & reconstructive surgery, KMC

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