Functional Limb Restoration

Plastic Surgery

USF Health
USF Health
Plastic Surgery
Functional Limb Restoration

Our providers ensure that every patient’s needs are met by creating an individualized care plan to suit their goals, while taking into consideration their rehabilitation protentional, prosthetic needs, anatomy, and pain management.

After assessing if limb salvage is possible the focus is durable function made possible by restoring meaningful motion and reducing pain by improving prosthetic tolerance. Our aim is to provide the best possible outcomes to help our patients achieve their full potential.

At USF Health we take multidisciplinary approach and are able to offer the finest quality of care by coordinating surgery with rehabilitation

Restoring Motion, Sensation, Control, and Possibility

Conditions Treated

Amputation planning when limb salvage is not the best functional option
Complex extremity reconstruction after trauma, infection, cancer, or vascular disease
Numbness, tingling, weakness, or nerve compression symptoms
Painful neuroma, phantom limb pain, or poor prosthetic tolerance
Traumatic nerve injury, brachial plexus injury, or loss of motion

Procedures Offered

Functional muscle transfer
Microsurgery
Peripheral nerve surgery
Prosthetic interface surgery
TMR
Rehabilitation integration
RPNI
Starfish procedure
TMR

Treatments and Capabilities

Longitudinal care for residual limb pain, neuroma, phantom limb pain, socket intolerance, wound problems, and prosthetic interface optimization.
Advanced surgical planning to improve the connection between the body and modern prosthetic technology, with the goal of more intuitive control and better functional use.
Coordinated care for traumatic and non-traumatic nerve injuries, with attention to timing, electrodiagnostics, imaging, reconstruction options, and functional recovery.
Evaluation and surgical treatment of compressed nerves in the upper and lower extremities, including carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, peroneal nerve compression, and complex revision nerve surgery.
Microsurgical reconstruction using direct repair, grafting, nerve transfers, and tendon or muscle transfers when needed to restore motion, strength, and sensation.
Targeted muscle reinnervation, regenerative peripheral nerve interfaces, and advanced muscle-based reconstruction strategies designed to improve pain control and prosthetic control potential.