RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

'Reconstructive surgery' is in its broadest sense the use of surgery to restore the form and function of the body.
Although plastic surgery and plastic surgeons are involved in most aspects of reconstructive surgery, there are other branches of surgery that do perform reconstructive procedures. For example, orthopedic surgeons, reconstruct the hip and other joints, repair tendons such as those in therotator cuff and peforme osteotomies to straighten angulated bones. The common feature is that the operation attempts to restore the anatomy or the function of the body part to normal.
Other branches of surgery (e.g. General surgery, gynecological surgery, pediatric surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery) also perform some reconstructive procedures.