Plastic Surgery

Core Tasks

Odense University Hospital uses general acknowledged methods within plastic surgery in our treatment of congenital and inflicted deformities and injuries.

 

The department comprises:

 

  • A plastic surgical operation unit with an affiliated outpatient clinic

  • A wound centre for patients with all types of complicated ulcers

  • A breast surgical centre for patients with breast cancer

  • Two Wards

 

Core Tasks:

 

  • General plastic surgery

  • Cancer cavi oris

  • Malignt melanoma

  • Skin cancer

  • Trauma

  • Burns

  • Post bariatric surgery

 

Wound centre

 

  • Presssure ulcers

  • Diabetic ulcers

  • Chronic ulcers

 

Breast Surgical Centre

 

  • Mamae cancer

  • Reconstruction

 

Read more about the research of the Department of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery at University of Southern Denmark

Research Areas

Clinical Research:

 

The research unit comprises 6 phd. Students, 1 professor and 2 ass. professors.

 

Cancer:

 

  • Cancer cavi oris

  • Malignt melanoma

  • Mammae

  • Skin cancer

  • Sentinel Node

 

Post-bariatric surgery:

 

  • Quality of life

  • Complications after post bariatric surgery

 

Wound healing:

 

  • Reconstruction

  • 3-D reconstruction

  • Free micro vascular laps

 

Reconstruction:

 

  • 3-D reconstruction

  • Free micro vascular laps

 

Paraclinical research:

 

  • Stem cell research

  • Skin perfusion

  • Next generation sequencing

 

Key figures

Staff approx. persons 150
In-house beds 31
Hotel beds 5
Outpatient consultants yearly 22.400
Admissions yearly 2.400