Departments

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

World-Class Medical Services in Reconstructive Surgery

The Department of Plastic Surgery at Samsung Medical Center performs more than 3,700 surgeries annually for approximately 1,000 inpatients and 18,000 outpatients, providing top-quality medical care in Korea.

The department is distinguished not only by volume but also by quality, offering comprehensive care that includes multidisciplinary practice led by world-renowned specialists.

We continuously develop new techniques and treatment methods, striving to provide optimal surgical results and meet patients' diverse needs-seeking to enhance well-being beyond satisfaction while promoting a healthy culture of plastic surgery.

A Leading Provider of Breast Reconstruction, Congenital Anomalies, and Microsurgical Reconstruction

The Breast Reconstruction Clinic at Samsung Medical Center performs more than 400 individualized breast reconstructions each year for patients undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer, through a multidisciplinary collaborative approach with the Departments of Breast Surgery, Hematology and Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Radiology, and Pathology.

Various methods are available using autologous tissue or implants. We provide world-class treatment using safe and aesthetic breast implants and deep inferior epigastric artery perforator free flaps, which preserve abdominal muscles by utilizing only abdominal skin and fat.

We also operate Korea's biggest congenital malformation and ear deformity clinic, performing more than 120 ear reconstructions annually for patients with microtia and acquired ear deformities.

In addition, we perform more than 150 reconstructive surgeries annually using free flaps for defects and deformities of the breast-torso, foot-lower extremity, and head and neck. Technically demanding one-stage reanimation surgery for facial nerve paralysis, using latissimus dorsi muscle, is also frequently performed in our department.

Specialized Expertise

Breast Reconstruction

We take a multidisciplinary, collaborative approach with the Department of Breast Surgery. Depending on each patient’s needs, either implant-based or abdominal flap-based reconstruction is offered after thorough counseling, with a focus on achieving the best surgical outcomes while minimizing donor-site complications and postoperative pain.

Microtia and Facial Anomalies

Experienced surgeons provide treatment for microtia, cleft lip and palate, vascular malformations, and a wide range of craniofacial malformations.

Malignant Melanoma Clinic

We safely excise malignant melanomas and perform limb-sparing reconstruction to improve patients’ postoperative quality of life. Our Malignant Melanoma Clinic?the largest in the nation?operates in close collaboration with the Departments of Dermatology, Radiology, Hematology-Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Pathology.

Specialized Clinic for Lymphedema

In the Lymphedema Clinic, various surgical treatments-including lymphatico-venous anastomosis, vascularized lymph node transfer, and liposuction-are offered for patients with upper and lower extremity lymphedema. Microsurgical procedures are performed following comprehensive evaluation of lymphatic function using multiple imaging modalities. Multidisciplinary care is provided in collaboration with rehabilitation medicine, nuclear medicine, and radiology.