M.Ch. (Plastic Surgery), Master of Chirurgiae in Plastic Surgery, Syllabus, Eligibility, Duration, Degree Course

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Master of Chirurgiae in Plastic Surgery

Duration

3 Years

Level

Post Graduation

Type

Degree

Eligibility

M.S./D.N.B. in General Surgery

M.Ch. Plastic Surgery or Master of Chirurgiae in Plastic Surgery is a postgraduate Surgery course. Plastic surgery is a medical specialty that is concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. There are two types of plastic surgery: Cosmetic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery. During the course, the students are introduced that how to improve patients' appearance and self-image through both reconstructive and cosmetic procedures along with many other specialties. The duration of the course is three years and it is a career orienting in nature that opens many job scopes for them after its successful completion.

M.Ch. Plastic Surgery Eligibility

Applicants should have passed M.S./D.N.B. in General Surgery from a recognised university board.

M.Ch. Plastic Surgery Syllabus

Syllabus of Plastic Surgery as prescribed by various Universities and Colleges.

Sr. No.	Subjects of Study
	Theory
1	Principles, Techniques, and Basic Sciences
	• Techniques and principles in Plastic Surgery • Wound Healing: Normal and Abnormal • Wound care • The Blood Supply of the Skin • Muscle flaps and their Blood supply • Transplant Biology and Applications to Plastic Surgery • Implant Materials • Principles of Microsurgery • Microsurgical Repair of Peripheral Nerves and Nerve Grafts • Tissue Expansion • Local Anesthetics • Principles of Craniofacial distraction
2	Skin and Soft Tissue
	• Dermatology for Plastic Surgeons • Mohs Micrographic Surgery • Congenital Melanocytic Nevi • Malignant Melanoma • Thermal, Chemical and Electric Injuries • Principles of Burn Reconstruction • Radiation and Radiation Injuries • Lasers in Plastic Surgery
3	Congenital Anomalies and Pediatric Plastic Surgery
	• Embryology of the Head and Neck • Vascular Anomalies • Cleft Lip and Palate • Non-syndromic Craniosynostosis and Deformational Plagiocephaly • Craniosynostosis syndrome • Craniofacial Microsomia • Orthognathic Surgery • Craniofacial Clefts and Hypertelorbitism • Miscellaneous Craniofacial Conditions • Otoplasty and Ear Reconstruction
4	Head and Neck
	• Soft tissue and Skeletal injuries of the Face • Head and Neck Cancer and Salivary Gland Tumours • Skull Base Surgery • Craniofacial and Maxillofacial Prosthetics • Reconstruction of the Scalp, Calvarium and Forehead • Reconstruction of the Lips • Reconstruction of the Cheeks • Nasal Reconstruction • Reconstruction of the Eyelids, Correction of Ptosis and Canthoplasty • Facial Paralysis Reconstruction • Mandible Reconstruction • Reconstruction of Defects of the Maxilla and Skull Base • Reconstruction of the Oral Cavity, Pharynx and Oesophagus
5	Aesthetic Surgery
	• Cutaneous Resurfacing: Chemical Peeling, Dermabrasion and laser resurfacing • Filler Materials • Botulinum Toxin • Structural Fat Grafting • Blepharoplasty • Facelift • Forehead Lift • Rhinoplasty • Liposuction • Abdominoplasty and Lower Truncal Circumferential Body Contouring • Facial Skeletal Augmentation with Implants • Osseous Genioplasty • Hair Transplantation
6	Breast
	• Augmentation Mammoplasty and its Complications • Mastopexy and Mastopexy Augmentation • Breast Reduction: Inverted-T Technique • Vertical Reduction Mammoplasty • Gynecomastia • Breast Cancer for the Plastic Surgeon • Breast Reconstruction: Prosthetic Techniques • Latissimus Dorsi Flap Breast Reconstruction • Breast Reconstruction: Tram Flap Techniques • Breast Reconstruction- Free Flap Techniques • Nipple Reconstruction
7	Trunk and Lower Extremity
	• Thoracic Reconstruction • Abdominal Wall Reconstruction • Lower- Extremity Reconstruction • Foot and Ankle Reconstruction • Reconstruction of the Perineum • Lymphedema • Pressure Sores • Reconstruction of the Penis
8	Hand
	• Plastic Surgeons and the Development of Hand Surgery • Principles of Upper Limb Surgery • Radiologic Imaging of the Hand and Wrist • Soft- tissue Reconstruction of the Hand • Fractures and Ligamentous Injuries of the Wrist • Fractures, Dislocations, and Ligamentous Injuries of the Hand • Tendon Healing and Flexor Tendon Injury • Repair of the Extensor Tendon System • Infections of the Upper Limb • Tenosynovitis • Compression Neuropathies in the Upper Limb and Electrophysiologic Studies • Thumb Reconstruction • Tendon Transfers • Congenital Hand Anomalies • Duputyren’s Disease • Replantation in the Upper Extremity • Upper Limb Arthritis • Upper Limb Amputation and Prosthesis
9	Practical
	History, examination and writing of a record
10	Clinical Teaching

M.Ch. Plastic Surgery Colleges

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Fridkot

M.Ch. Plastic Surgery Course Suitability

Applicants should have to have a strong sense of detail, lots of patience, the ability to listen and good communication skills.
Candidates who are willing to have a further degree in the field also are a good match for the course.
They must have good judgment, good technical expertise in her steady hands, a sense of ethics and good interpersonal skills to work with patients.

How is M.Ch. Plastic Surgery Course Beneficial?

After passing M.Ch. Plastic Surgery, they can recognize the key importance of medical problems in the context of the health priority of the country.
It also provides the students with good communication skills of a high order in explaining management and prognosis, providing counseling and giving health education messages to patients, families and communities.
The courses provide them the practice and the specialty of plastic surgery in keeping with the principles of professional ethics.
They can also diagnose illnesses in adults based on the analysis of history, physical examination and investigative work up.
They have also the teaching options in schools and colleges after its completion.

M.Ch. Plastic Surgery Employment Areas