May 29, 2026
A lipoma should be surgically removed when it grows in size, causes pain or pressure, restricts movement, or interferes with appearance. Most lipomas are harmless and don’t need treatment, since they’re benign fatty tumours that grow slowly under the skin....
May 29, 2026
Hidradenitis suppurativa needs surgery when medical treatment fails to control the disease, when extensive scarring and sinus tracts develop, or when recurrent abscesses keep returning to the same areas. Surgery isn’t first-line. It enters the plan once the...
May 28, 2026
Free tissue transfer is the gold standard for complex reconstruction because it moves healthy tissue, along with its own blood supply, to repair defects that simpler methods can’t cover. It restores form and function in places where skin grafts or local flaps...
May 27, 2026
Yes. Surgery can help when Bell’s palsy fails to recover with conservative treatment. About 70% of patients recover fully within three to six months, but for those who don’t, surgical options range from nerve repair and transfers to muscle transfers and...
May 26, 2026
Yes. Breasts can be reconstructed after mastectomy. The options are implants or the patient’s own tissue, sometimes a combination of the two. And the timing is flexible. Some patients have reconstruction during the same operation as the mastectomy, others much... 
