Department Details
The Department of Burn and Reconstructive Surgery at Shanghai Children's Medical Center is the only specialized department in Shanghai dedicated to the plastic surgery and burn treatment needs of children and adolescents aged 0–18 years. Adhering to a patient-centered principle, the department provides advanced, minimally invasive, personalized, and precise medical services for pediatric patients requiring burn and plastic surgery. This has elevated the standard of pediatric burn and reconstructive care in Shanghai, establishing a medical network rooted in Shanghai and extending nationwide.
The Department of Burn and Reconstructive Surgery at Shanghai Children's Medical Center is the only specialized department in Shanghai focused on the plastic surgery and burn treatment needs of children and adolescents aged 0–18 years. Guided by a people-oriented approach, the department delivers advanced, minimally invasive, personalized, and precise medical services for pediatric patients with burn and reconstructive needs, thereby improving the level of pediatric burn and reconstructive care in Shanghai and forming a medical network based in Shanghai with a national reach.
**Scope of Diagnosis and Treatment**
- Various types of burns and scalds, electrical injuries, chemical burns, and frostbite in children and adolescents aged 0–18 years;
- Acute wounds such as skin and soft tissue contusions, lacerations, and defects caused by trauma, or chronic complex wounds from various causes in children and adolescents aged 0–18 years;
- Various types of hypertrophic scars, keloids, scar contracture deformities, and atrophic scars in children and adolescents aged 0–18 years;
- Surface lesions including vascular malformations, superficial tumors, and giant melanocytic nevi in children and adolescents aged 0–18 years.
**Professional Features**
- Full-course comfortable dressing changes for burns and scalds to alleviate pain and fear during the procedure, reduce the adverse effects of pain on wound healing, and minimize physical and psychological impairment caused by trauma.
- Utilization of advanced tissue regeneration engineering materials during wound treatment to reduce dressing change frequency, accelerate wound healing, and decrease the number of surgeries and surgical damage through leading domestic treatment concepts, thereby lowering the incidence of scarring.
- Application of minimally invasive, individualized, and precise treatment concepts for reconstructive needs related to trauma, scars, surface lesions, and congenital deformities, meeting the requirements for normal physiological function and appearance, and facilitating the reintegration of pediatric patients into society.