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Overview

Master of Chirurgiae in Plastic Surgery or M.Ch. Plastic Surgery is a 3-year long master degree course awarded as a postgraduate degree in the field of surgery. Candidates need to complete their graduation in a relevant discipline from a recognized university as a minimum eligibility criterion.

  • Admission to the course is generally merit-based. However, there are some colleges that conduct entrance exams.
  • This is a branch of medicine that deals with the restoration and correction human body and its parts. Plastic Surgery is a collection of different types of surgeries like microsurgery, hand surgery, reconstructive surgery and treatment/ healing of burns.
  • M.Ch. Plastic Surgery aims to produce qualified plastic surgeons. The students will go through core training and receive supervised hands-on training in aesthetic plastic surgery.
  • Postgraduates after completing this course can go on to become surgeons and work in private clinics, government hospitals, healthcare centers, medical Institutes, nursing homes and research institutes.
  • Career options after M.Ch. Plastic Surgery includes working as a surgeon in any super-specialty hospital. The surgeons can also set up their own clinic and make a name for themselves. They are in great demand, both in our home country and in abroad.
  • The course fees range between INR 1 to 5 lacs for the total duration. The probable salaries offered to successful postgraduates in this field are between 3 to10 lacs per annum.

Syllabus

A semester-wise breakup of the course’s syllabus is tabulated below

Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3
History of Plastic Surgery and its broad scope at the present time Growth and development changes in face, anatomy of facial skeleton. Cleft Lip and Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies
Anatomy and functions of skin Craniosynostosis, hypertelorism, craniofacial microsomia. Embryology of head and neck ( excluding central nervous system ).
Split skin grafts and full thickness skin grafts, their take and subsequent behaviour Leprosy deformities of face Regional anatomy of head and neck.
Local skin flaps Temporomandibular joint dysfunctions. Cleft lip and palate, alveolar clefts.
Pedicled skin flaps and tubes Fractures – nose, maxilla, mandible, zygoma, orbit – early management
and treatment of sequelae.		 Velopharyngeal incompetence.
Unstable scar and scar contracture Corrective Rhinoplasty Orthodontics, speech therapy in cleft lip and palate.
Care of wounds, dressing, techniques and splints. Facial paralysis Principles of craniofacial surgery.
Congenital deformities of face and jaw bone. Reconstruction of external ear. Rare craniofacial clefts, Tessier clefts.
Semester 4 Semester 5 Semester 6
Vasoformative lesions of the skin and adnexa Reconstruction of full thickness defects of the abdomen and thorax Thermal burns
Jaw tumours Decubitus ulcer Electrical burns.
Cancer of upper Aerodigestive system Breast reconstruction Chemical burns.
Malignant and benign tumours of head and neck. Chemical peeling and dermabrasion. Radiation burn
Reconstruction of mandible. Blepharoplasty Reconstruction of burn hand and upper extremity.
Reconstruction of maxilla Aesthetic Surgery and Facelift. Vasospastic disorders of hands
Tumour of skin Abdominoplasty Nerve compression syndromes.
Principles of prosthetic replacement of Jaw defects Body contouring, liposuction. Surgery for spastic and tetraplegic hand
Tumours of Head and Neck and Skin Laser therapy Dupuytren’s disease.

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