Services - Microsurgery
LSU Plastic Surgery has played an important role in the development and refinement of microsurgical techniques that ultimately benefit patients worldwide. Please note the time line of perforator flaps performed by LSU Plastic Surgery team.
| 1989 | SIEA Peforator Flap (Charity Hospital) |
| 1st in the world | |
| 1992 (August) | DIEP Flap for Breast Reconstruction (Charity Hospital) |
| 1st reported case in the world | |
| 1993 (February) | S-GAP and I-GAP for Breast Reconstruction (Charity Hospital) |
| 1st reported case in the world | |
| 2004 (March) | In-the-Crease GAP for Breast Reconstruction (Memorial-Baptist) |
| 1st in the world |
In the past 30 years, 3000 microsurgical cases have been performed on patients who come to New Orleans from all over the United States and world. State of the art microsurgical techniques are available for both reconstructive and aesthetic surgery patients.
For additional information, please contact:
M. Whitten Wise, MD
Phone (504) 899-8411
Members:
Robert J. Allen, MD
Elliot Black, MD
Charles Dupin, MD
Kamran Khoobehi, MD
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