Dr. LaGrasso - simple list of terms:
Areola: Pigmented skin surrounding the nipple.
Jeffrey LaGrasso MD - Z-plasty: A surgical incision technique that creates small triangular flaps of tissue that help to close wounds over areas of the hand where bending or flexing is essential to function, such as around knuckles.
Extensor tendon: A tendon which serves to extend a bodily part.
Tummy tuck: A surgical procedure to correct the apron of excess skin hanging over your abdomen.
Dr. Jeffrey LaGrasso Dupuytren's contracture: A disabling hand disorder in which thick, scar-like tissue bands form within the palm and may extend into the fingers. It can cause restricted movement, bending the fingers into an abnormal position.
Bilateral gynecomastia: A condition of over-developed or enlarged breasts affecting both breasts in men.
Flap techniques: Surgical techniques used to reposition your own skin, muscle and fat to reconstruct or cover your breast.
Dr. Jeffrey LaGrasso Ear axis: The main line of ear growth.
Melanoma: A skin cancer that is most often distinguished by its pigmented blackish or brownish coloration and irregular and ill-defined borders is the most serious form of skin cancer. It occurs in the deepest portion of the epidermis, and for this reason, melanoma is the most likely form of skin cancer to spread quickly in the skin and to other parts of the body.
Latissimus dorsi flap technique: A surgical technique that uses muscle, fat and skin tunneled under the skin and tissue of a woman's back to the reconstructed breast and remains attached to its donor site, leaving blood supply intact.