Exploring Plastic Surgery | The BAPRAS Collection

Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgery is a diverse surgical discipline based around techniques, not an anatomical zone.

Plastic surgery is a head to foot, cradle to grave specialty, focussed upon the reconstruction of function, form and feeling.

This gallery explains the history and development of subspecialty areas, and reconstructive techniques particular to plastic surgery. It details their historical context, with particular reference to the United Kingdom.

Flaps

Skin Grafts

Burns

Hand Surgery

Microsurgery

Scars

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