Plastic surgery after road accidents. In Treviso one operation a week to erase wounds: +15% in a year

TREVISO – Beyond 50 interventions per year For reduce injuries and erase signs from the wounds on remaining people victims of road accidents. Practically one a week. There are many consultations that Treviso plastic surgery carries out in the orthopedic field. This is an average. But with a peak in the summer, linked to the use of motorbikes and bicycles. And unfortunately in recent times the number of serious road accidents has returned to record levels in the Marche. With the’orthoplasty it is possible to intervene as soon as possible to reconstruct soft tissues, bones, vessels and nerves. There is also this aspect underlying the boom in activity, up to 15%recorded last year by the unit of plastic surgery at the Treviso hospitaldirected by George Bern. But not only.

THE RECONSTRUCTIONS

The Treviso department is recognized as an excellence for reconstruction immediate of the breast following surgery to remove the cancer: the two things are increasingly performed during the same operation, in collaboration with the Breast Unit, directed by Christian Rizzetto. It is no coincidence that every week plastic surgery receives delegations of surgeons visiting from abroad. The next one will come from St Bartholomew’s Hospital, a London hospital, recognized at European level as a reference in oncology and cardiology. Among the reconstructions in oncology field, then, there are those guaranteed in the ENT center of Vittorio Veneto and in Treviso, in the Iov headquarters in Castelfranco and in the Belluno hospital. Plus microsurgical reconstructions in the scope head-neck And maxillofacial. And, last but not least, the interventions for breast reduction of women affected by gigantomastia. Not for aesthetic reasons, therefore, but functional ones.

THE NUMBERS

All things considered, plastic surgery carried out last year 1,500 performances outpatient more compared to 2022. Up to almost quota 12 thousand. They add up to over 5 thousand services in hospitals, including visits and operations (300 breast reconstructions). Thus the Ca’ Foncello unit managed not only to reduce the waiting lists, accumulated in particular with the Covid emergency, but also to stop the “escape” of patients and to increase the attractiveness of people by 40%. from other provinces and other regions. «On a general level there was an awareness that there were leaks linked to unacceptable waiting times for the needs of patients – explains Berna – among other things, plastic surgery is covered by the provinces of Treviso and Belluno, therefore a vast area with 1 million inhabitants.”

The turning point came with a new commitment on the local front. The USL has increased the resources available. And this allowed the leap in quality. «For example, we intervened in the area, where a strong demand came from, with a plastic surgery doctor who went directly to the Borgo Cavalli clinic – specifies the head doctor – measures like this made it possible to respond to the population’s requests in a shorter time ». Activity increased by 10% for residents in the Marche. And even 15% for patients arriving from outside. Finally, on the breast reconstruction front, the Italian Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (Sicpre) has just entrusted Bern with the task of organizing the Bra-daya day dedicated to raising awareness for breast reconstruction, scheduled in Treviso for 16 October.

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