Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery

The Patients First plastic/reconstructive surgery practice specializes in a broad range of plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic procedures and treatments. Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty dedicated to reconstruction of facial and body defects due to birth disorders, trauma, burns and disease. Reconstructive surgery is generally performed to improve functions, but may also be done to create a normal appearance. Cosmetic surgery is performed to reshape normal structures of the body in order to improve the patient's appearance and self-esteem.

Procedures available through Patients First Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery include the following:

General Plastic Surgery Procedures:

• Hand and face burns
• Complex wounds
• Breast reduction
• Breast reconstruction following mastectomy
• Basal cell and squamous cell excisions

Cosmetic Surgery Procedures:

• Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)
• Blepharoplasty (eyelid) and Rhinoplasty (nose) surgery
• Botox injections
• Breast lift and breast augmentation
• Facelift, necklift, midface lift
• Fillers
• Latisse®
• Liposuction
• Scar revisions
• Thigh lift and arm lift

Patients First's plastic/reconstructive surgery practice also welcomes workers' compensation cases involving hand injuries and fractures.

Additional hand procedures available include:

• Tendon surgery
  • Dequervain's Tendonities
  • Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)
  • Trigger Finger
• Nerve decompression or reconstruction
  • Brachial Plexopathy
  • Carpal Tunnel
  • Cubital Tunnel
  • Ulnar Nerve
• Wrist arthroscopy
• Dupuytren's Disease
• Ganglion Cyst
• Thumb Arthritis

Locations and Providers

Locations	Providers
Washington, MO 901 Patients First Drive 3rd Floor (636) 239-7727	Benjamin W. Verdine, MD