Patients and Visitors Plastic Surgery Unit

Plastic Surgery Unit

Patient Information Leaflets

Abdominal Wall Reconstruction	Click here to view
Botulinum Toxin for Facial Palsy	Click here to view
Breast Reconstruction Enhanced Recovery and Beast Reconstruction School	Click here to view
Information before your Operation	Click here to view
Discharge Advice for Patients following Abdominal Surgery	Click here to view
Advice for Patients following Breast Reduction Surgery	Click here to view
How to care for your Breast Augmentation (Enlargement) following discharge	Click here to view
Advice for patients following 'Diep' Breast Reconstructions Surgery	Click here to view
Discharge advice for patients with a Hand(s) injury	Click here to view
Advice for patients following Laser Resurfacing: A cleansing regime	Click here to view
How to care for your Skin Graft following discharge	Click here to view
How to care for your Skin Graft on a Lower Limb following discharge	Click here to view
How to care for your Donor Site following discharge	Click here to view
Discharge advice for Nasal Surgery patients	Click here to view
Discharge information for plastic surgery Local anaesthetic day case patients	Click here to view
How to care for your Suture (Stitch) Lines following discharge	Click here to view
CAM regime (Controlled Active Movement) Stage 2	Click here to view
Coban wrap	Click here to view
Cross face nerve graft +/- free muscle transfer	Click here to view
Digital Nerve Injuries	Click here to view
Desensitisation Techniques	Click here to view
Elite Laser Information	Click here to view
Finger Stalls	Click here to view
Neoprene Finger Sleeve	Click here to view
Pressure garments	Click here to view
Pressure Gloves	Click here to view
Sensory re-education phase 1	Click here to view
Sensory re-education phase 2	Click here to view
Silicone Products	Click here to view
Axillary Dissection	Click here to view
Removal of groin lymph nodes	Click here to view
Going Home with Drains in Place	Click here to view
Frequently Asked Questions	Click here to view
Going home after replantation surgery	Click here to view
Transition to Adult Services on ward 3A	Click here to view
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)	Click here to view
Rhinophyma	Click here to view
What happens on referral to the Plastic Surgery Trauma Unit for treatment following an injury	Click here to view

Patients are eligible for free NHS treatment at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching hospitals NHS Trust if they are: Ordinarily resident in the UK or: Overseas visitors, but entitled to free NHS services under the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations