Plastic and reconstructive surgery services at Duke are offered by the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Duke University Health System.

Duke has long been a national leader in reconstructive surgery, and Duke’s plastic surgeons are nationally renowned for their teaching and innovation.

Patients at Duke have better options because of Duke surgeons’ expertise in microsurgical techniques. These procedures involve using an operating microscope to attach tiny or delicate tissues.

Duke’s expertise in this area is hard to match. Duke plastic surgeons have long worked to perfect techniques in microsurgery. Much of the work to develop microsurgical instruments in the 1960s and 1970s was done at Duke.

Patients with complex defects can benefit from microsurgical free tissue transfers, which improve appearance and provide stable wound coverage. Duke is the largest center for microsurgical free tissue transfers in the Southeastern United States.