Plastic Surgery Clinic of Professor N. Pallua, Düsseldorf

The Clinic for Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Burn Surgery of Professor N. Pallua Pallua Clinic, Düsseldorf, is one of the best-known clinics in Germany and offers the full range of plastic surgery services: reconstructive surgery, aesthetic surgery, hand surgery and burn surgery.

Since 2017 the clinic has been headed by Norbert Pallua, professor, honorary professor of a number of universities and holder of two doctoral degrees|Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Prof. h.c. mult. Norbert Pallua. The Clinic for Plastic Surgery is the only plastic surgery institution in Germany certified by the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS).

The Clinic for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery of Professor N. Pallua in Düsseldorf has an impeccable reputation as the finest plastic surgery clinic in Europe, and patients travel there from all over the world to have a wide range of problems put right.

The clinic is located in the very heart of the city on the fashionable Königsallee, or Kö, as it is also known.

The clinic is headed by an experienced plastic surgeon renowned far beyond Germany, president of the German Society of Plastic Surgeons and of the governing bodies of world and European associations, Prof. Norbert Pallua, holder of two doctorates in medicine. Under his leadership the plastic surgery clinic has become a leader not only in Germany but throughout Europe.

The clinic's specialists have mastered extremely complex microsurgical techniques, in particular the various types of flap surgery, which are routine procedures here. The department's services include reconstruction of the breast and hand for congenital malformations and after tumour treatment, carried out primarily with the patient's own tissue using microsurgical techniques. The clinic successfully treats all types of skin tumour, including basal cell carcinomas and melanomas.

A unique rejuvenating effect

The outstanding skill of Professor N. Pallua is known throughout Europe and far beyond. He is renowned as one of the pioneers of the SMAS face and neck lift (superficial musculoaponeurotic system of the face) in Germany. For 20 years he held the post of head physician at the Clinic for Plastic Surgery, Burn Surgery and Hand Surgery of the university hospital complex in Aachen, part of RWTH Aachen University.

Professor N. Pallua is the author of a large number of scientific publications and clinical studies, as well as a reviewer for many international medical journals and a member of leading German and international professional societies, serving on the board of several of them. These include the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (EBOPRAS), the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (IPRAS) and the European Association of Societies of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (EASAPS).

Professor N. Pallua is the author and co-author of more than 170 scientific studies and articles in specialist German and international journals; he regularly takes part in international congresses of plastic surgeons and sits on their presiding committees.

For his achievements in breast surgery, face lifting and liposuction, Professor Pallua has been listed since 2013 among the best plastic surgeons in Germany by «FOCUS» magazine.

Unique technologies are used to lift sagging areas of the face, creating an internal «supporting corset» without excessive tension on the skin. Through artistry, mastery and unique techniques, the team of plastic surgeons led by Prof. Pallua achieves a stunning rejuvenating effect: sharp contours with no tension on the skin.

A stay at Pallua Clinic International, the clinic of Professor N. Pallua in Düsseldorf, leaves patients visually rejuvenated, with a natural, fresher and more rested appearance. The refined surgical method makes it possible to «turn back time» and achieve lasting visual rejuvenation of 10-15 years.

The clinic owes its reputation to the unique techniques of plastic, burn and reconstructive surgery developed by Professor Pallua, such as:

• reconstruction of mentosternal contracture (adhesions in the neck area) after burns using the patient's own well-vascularised skin flap;

• tissue expander, or balloon stretching of the skin, to close large skin defects;

• microsurgery with transfer of the patient's own tissue;

• reconstruction by flap surgery using a free flap or a pedicled flap;

• nerve reconstruction in cases of nerve transection;

• operations for functional substitution with motor reinnervation;

• operations for nerve ruptures using a nerve graft;

• injections of fibroblasts derived from stem cells of the patient's own fat, which stimulate the production of the body's own collagen;

• the Micro Fat Grafting technology: the use of very fine needles for harvesting and scar-free injection of stem cells.

Specialisation of the plastic surgery clinic:

• elective treatment of hand disorders – rheumatological surgery, Dupuytren's contracture, complex surgical reconstruction of a severely injured hand (including soft tissue and bone grafting);

• treatment of birth injuries to the brachial plexus;

• surgical treatment of congenital limb anomalies – complex malformations of the hand, nerve and muscle lesions, congenital constriction bands;

• treatment of any soft tissue injuries of the head, neck, lower and upper limbs and trunk;

• treatment of amputations (micro and macro);

• treatment of acute lesions of the peripheral nervous system by microsurgical reconstruction, with the option of nerve grafting and motor substitution procedures;

• correction of organic and/or functional defects after surgery and injury (soft tissue tumours, breast tumours, etc.);

• reconstructive breast surgery.

Medical services of the clinic:

• reconstructive surgery of the head and neck;

• complex microsurgical reconstructions with partial autologous tissue transplantation (reconstruction of limbs or breast after cancer surgery);

• primary care for patients with severe burns;

• plastic surgical reconstruction of tissue;

• aesthetic surgery;

• microsurgical reconstruction of limbs after severe injuries or tumour resections;

• elective and emergency hand surgery, including emergency round-the-clock replantation;

• brachial plexus surgery (treatment of nerve injuries in the region of the spinal cord);

• the full range of peripheral nerve surgery.

• full facelift;

• mid-face lift;

• eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty);

• nose reshaping (rhinoplasty);

• ear reshaping (otoplasty);

• chin correction (mentoplasty);

• brow lift;

• liposuction;

• autologous fat injections (lipofilling);

• reconstructive surgery for breast cancer;

• surgical breast augmentation;

• reduction mammoplasty (breast reduction), mammoplasty and breast lift;

• breast reshaping with implants and with the use of autologous tissue;

• microsurgical breast reconstruction using the patient's own tissue;

• transfer of the gracilis muscle;

• FCI breast flap surgery;

• SGAP breast flap surgery;

• DIEP breast flap surgery;

• surgical correction of funnel chest;

• surgical correction of breast asymmetry;

• abdominal skin tightening (abdominoplasty);

• treatment of abdominal and incisional hernias;

• skin tightening of the thighs and upper arms;

• body skin tightening (body lift), including body contouring after weight loss;

• buttock lift;

• buttock augmentation;

• surgical correction of scars and wrinkles;

• surgical treatment of congenital facial anomalies;

• treatment of facial nerve palsy (paresis);

• correction of congenital hand malformations (for example, syndactyly, thumb deformity);

• Dupuytren's contracture;

• acute injuries, replantations;

• microsurgical reconstruction of an injured hand by autotransplantation of toes to the hand.