Awareness and Perception of Plastic Surgery among Healthcare Professionals in Pune, India: Do They Really Know What We Do?

Table 4

Which surgeon would you expect to treat the following conditions?

Sr. no.	Ailment	General surgeon	Orthopaedic surgeon	Neuro; surgeon	Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon	ENT surgeon	Skin specialist	Pediatric surgeon	Uro; surgeon	Ophthalmic surgeon	Plastic surgeon	Others
(1)	Eyelid tear and injury									93	7
(2)	Fracture of the jaw and face				82	6					12
(3)	Bed sore	87									13
(4)	Diabetic foot wounds	84	8								8
(5)	Hair transplantation						67				33
(6)	Cleft lip and palate (congenital)				16	3		26			55
(7)	Cuts over the face.	8									92
(8)	Fractures of Hand.		100
(9)	Difficulty in opening mouth.				41	54					5
(10)	Injury to nerves of hand and legs.	3	65	6							26
(11)	Deformities of leprosy.		44				4				52
(12)	Rhinoplasty (nose job)				2	37					61
(13)	Hypospadias (congenital deformity of penis)	10						38	26		26
(14)	Totally amputed thumb, finger, or hand.	3	43								54
(15)	Burns	13					1				86
(16)	Congenital anomalies of ear and nose					36		6			58
(17)	Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)	7									93
(18)	Botox		7				52				41
(19)	Burn deformities like crooked hands, and so forth		3								97
(20)	Liposuction (fat aspiration)	1									99
(21)	Sex change surgery.	2							50		48
(22)	Vitiligo (white patches)	3					71				26
(23)	Surgery for facial wrinkles						56				44
(24)	Non healing wounds over legs	69	15								16
(25)	Tendon injuries of hand	9	78								13
(26)	Breast reduction or enhancement surgery.	1									99
(27)	Skin grafting	24									76
(28)	Electrical burns	17									83