The Division of Plastic Surgery has continued to grow in each mission area - clinical, research and education.
In clinical care our guiding principle is to provide services fully integrated into multidisciplinary environment of the academic medical center, providing readily available reconstructive surgery services to other specialists at the University Hospital, Ross Heart Hospital, James Cancer Hospital, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Our surgical volumes, billings, and revenues reached record levels this year. Some cases performed this year have never before been performed in Ohio State, and two cases in particular have never been reported in the world. The first was a total esophageal reconstruction in a teenager with congenital absence of the esophagus in which the organ was restored using a microvascular surgery to interpose a segment of small bowl. The second was a reconstruction following an external hemipelvectomy in which vascularized segments of the femur, fibula, and soft tissues from the thigh were preserved and transferred as a composite flap. In addition to advanced techniques for reconstructive surgery, we continue to offer state-of-the-art aesthetic surgery as an essential part of a comprehensive clinical service in plastic surgery.