Pennsylvania Hospital surgeons are skilled in a full range of cosmetic and reconstructive procedures designed to restore a patient's appearance or the function of an organ or body part following the removal of a tumor.
Services range from breast reconstruction to facial skeletal surgery.
For people whose cancer involves a limb, advances in surgical techniques have made limb-sparing surgery a mainstay. Pennsylvania Hospital surgeons are leaders in videoscopic techniques, including endoscopy and laparoscopy, which rely on the use of small fiberoptic cameras attached to thin, flexible tubes to generate images from inside the body onto a television monitor. Pennsylvania Hospital physicians specializing in this area are leaders in researching and testing new minimally invasive surgeries and in offering training in videoscopic techniques to other surgeons nationwide. Laser surgery Surgeons also use laser technology to detect and remove many types of cancerous cells. The laser produces a light of uniform wavelength in a focused, powerfully intense beam which serves as a source of energy that is focused onto tissue.