Plastisch Rekonstruktive Chirurgie Schweizer Paraplegiker-Zentrum

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

The Plastic Surgery department at the Swiss Paraplegic Centre (SPC) cares for complex wounds using a range of surgical procedures. Performing over 300 operations per year, it is Switzerland’s largest centre of excellence in this field.

Plastic and reconstructive surgery as a specialism is primarily concerned with resolving soft tissue defects (skin, fatty tissue, muscle, and some bones) and problematic scars which may be caused by accidents, the removal of tumours, complications following surgery, or chronic wounds. Specific surgical techniques are used in this process, in order to restore lost function and form, and to reintegrate the patient into everyday life.

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  • Reto Wettstein Facharzt für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie

    Reto Wettstein

    Consulting Physician, Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery FMH, Specialist in Hand Surgery FMH

    1999-2014
    Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Hand Surgery 

    2011 
    Speciality Registrar, University Hospital of Basel

    2010 
    Lead physician, Solothurner Spitäler AG 

    2008 
    Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)/Clinique Longeraie 

    2006 
    Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) 

    2004 
    University Hospital of Basel 

    1999 
    Centre de Chirurgie Plastique Dôle Lausanne 

     

    2000-2002 Chirurgie 

    2000 
    Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) 

    2002 
    Lucerne Cantonal Hospital

     

    1998-Jan 2001 Research 

    1998 
    University Hospital of Bern (Prof. D. Erni) 

    2001 
    University of California, San Diego (Prof. M. Intaglietta)

     

    Publications

    Wettstein R, Savic M, Pierer G, Scheufler O, Haug M, Halter J, Gratwohl A, Baumberger M, Schaefer DJ, Kalb-ermatten DF Progenitor cell therapy for sacral pressure sore: a pilot study with a novel human chronic wound model. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2014 Jan 29;5(1):18.

     

    Wettstein R, Tremp M, Baumberger M, Schaefer DJ, Kalbermatten DF Local flap therapy for the treatment of pressure sore wounds. Int Wound J. 2015 Oct;12(5):572-6.

     

    Erba P, Wettstein R, Schumacher R, Schwenzer-Zimmerer K, Pierer G, Kalbermatten DF Silicone moulding for pressure sore debridement. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2010 Mar;63(3):550-3.

     

    Erba P, Wettstein R, Tolnay M, Rieger UM, Pierer G, Kalbermatten DF Neurocutaneous sural flap in paraplegic patients. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2009 Aug;62(8):1094-8.

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    Stéphanie Gass

    Consulting Physician, Specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery FMH

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