Plastic surgery: Difference between revisions

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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the surgical specialty or procedure concerned with the [[restoration]], construction, reconstruction, or improvement in the form, function, and appearance of body structures that are [[circumcised| missing]], defective, damaged, or misshapen. Encompasses both reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.<ref>{{REFweb

'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the surgical specialty or procedure concerned with the restoration, construction, reconstruction, or improvement in the form, function, and appearance of body structures that are missing, defective, damaged, or misshapen. Encompasses both reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.<ref>{{REFweb

|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/plastic+surgery

|title=Plastic surgery

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[[Circumcision]] is destructive [[excision]] and [[amputation]] of a functional body part and is ''not'' considered to be plastic surgery.

==Plastic procedures of the foreskin==

===Preputioplasty===

[[Preputioplasty]] is a plastic procedure carried out on the prepuce or [[foreskin]]. It is commonly used to widen a narrow foreskin to make it retractable and relieve [[phimosis]].

===Frenuloplasty===

[[Frenuloplasty]] is a plastic procedure carried out on the [[frenulum]]. It is most commonly used to relieve [[frenulum breve]].

===Surgical foreskin restoration===

[[Surgical foreskin restoration]] is a plastic procedure carried out to restore an absent [[foreskin]]. It is rarely performed because [[Foreskin restoration| non-surgical foreskin restoration]] is thought to produce [[Restored foreskin| better results]].

===Tissue expansion===

[[Tissue expansion]] is a recognized non-cutting plastic procedure with several uses to create and improve the foreskin. Some tissue expansion procedures may be carried out by lay persons.

[[Category:Medical term]]

[[Category:Foreskin restoration]]

[[Category:Genital surgery]]

[[Category:Physiology]]

[[de:Plastische Chirurgie]]

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+'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the surgical specialty or procedure concerned with the [[restoration]], construction, reconstruction, or improvement in the form, function, and appearance of body structures that are [[circumcised| missing]], defective, damaged, or misshapen. Encompasses both reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.<ref>{{REFweb
-'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the surgical specialty or procedure concerned with the restoration, construction, reconstruction, or improvement in the form, function, and appearance of body structures that are missing, defective, damaged, or misshapen. Encompasses both reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.<ref>{{REFweb
   |url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/plastic+surgery
   |title=Plastic surgery
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   |date=2012
   |accessdate=2022-12-30
 }}</ref>
+[[Circumcision]] is destructive [[excision]] and [[amputation]] of a functional body part and is ''not'' considered to be plastic surgery.
+==Plastic procedures of the foreskin==
+===Preputioplasty===
+[[Preputioplasty]] is a plastic procedure carried out on the prepuce or [[foreskin]]. It is commonly used to widen a narrow foreskin to make it retractable and relieve [[phimosis]].
+===Frenuloplasty===
+[[Frenuloplasty]] is a plastic procedure carried out on the [[frenulum]]. It is most commonly used to relieve [[frenulum breve]].
+===Surgical foreskin restoration===
+[[Surgical foreskin restoration]] is a plastic procedure carried out to restore an absent [[foreskin]]. It is rarely performed because [[Foreskin restoration| non-surgical foreskin restoration]] is thought to produce [[Restored foreskin| better results]].
+===Tissue expansion===
+[[Tissue expansion]] is a recognized non-cutting plastic procedure with several uses to create and improve the foreskin. Some tissue expansion procedures may be carried out by lay persons.
 {{REF}}
+[[Category:Medical term]]
+[[Category:Foreskin restoration]]
+[[Category:Genital surgery]]
+[[Category:Physiology]]
+[[de:Plastische Chirurgie]]