Lita Plus plastic surgery clinic relocated from Kiev region will open a plastic surgery clinic in Zakarpattya region, Lita Plus clinic founder Serhiy Derbak said.
“We moved the clinic to Uzhgorod together with the equipment and the team, which is 35 people. Our clinic was located in Irpen, and it was completely destroyed during the hostilities, so we simply had no place left to operate,” he said in an interview with the agency ‘Interfax-Ukraine’.
Derbak noted that after the aggressor destroyed a clinic in the Kiev region, “the decision to build a clinic in Uzhgorod was natural.”
“We saw another important factor – logistics for patients. I conducted a statistic: 80% of our patients today come from abroad. These are Ukrainians who left during the war, but return to Ukraine to receive medical services. That is why medical services will remain very important for Transcarpathia as a region. And that is why we have decided: we will build here,” he said.
Derbak noted that the clinic project will consist of two buildings – surgical and hospital.
“One building is a completely new surgical center with an area of 1000 square meters, equipped, in particular, and its own bunker – with all the necessary security elements, which, unfortunately, were very much needed in Bucha. The new clinic has already taken all these risks into account. Perhaps it is a consequence of traumatic experience, but I don’t want to experience something like that again. The second building is the reconstruction of the existing building for the hospital,” he said.
Derbak noted that “the surgical building is designed according to the highest standards: even open-heart surgeries can be performed there – with proper ventilation, air sterilization and all medical requirements”.
The next stage of the project’s development will be the opening of a large balneological department.
“We have already conducted two wells – to a depth of 1,200 and 800 meters – and have thermal rhodon water, which is ideal for treating scars. After the war, we plan to operate as a specialized plastic surgery clinic for patients with scar deformities. In addition, we will create a rehabilitation center for the military: we will combine surgical care, balneological treatment, physical rehabilitation after injuries, surgeries, burns and contractures,” he said.
After the war is over, Ukraine will become one of the world’s largest centers for reconstructive surgery and treatment of mine-blast injuries, predicts plastic surgeon and founder of the Lita Plus clinic Serhiy Derbak.
“In 2014, when we started operating on wounded soldiers, it became the starting point for modern reconstructive surgery in Ukraine. And after 2022, with the outbreak of a full-scale war, the number of reconstructive surgeries and new reconstructive surgery centers in Ukraine became unprecedented. I am convinced that after the war is over, Ukraine will become one of the strongest centers in the world in terms of experience in dealing with war and mine-blast injuries,” he said in an interview withInterfax-Ukraine.
Derbak noted that “today in Ukraine there is a real boom in the development of microsurgery and reconstructive surgery.”
“Although I wish these circumstances had not arisen, this is a time of extraordinary professional development for professional surgeons. After all, mine-blast injuries are unpredictable, each case is unique and requires maximum skill,” he said.
Leading plastic surgeons from all over Ukraine gathered at the Breast Weekend 2.0 conference organized by Lita Plus clinic on the initiative of its founder, Sergey Derbak.
At the conference, which took place on April 26 in Uzhhorod, leading experts discussed, among other things, modern approaches to reconstruction after trauma and cancer, which is an extremely important area for Ukrainian medicine in the context of war and the ever-growing need to restore the quality of life of victims.
“Today, plastic and reconstructive surgery in Ukraine is reaching a new level. It is not only about restoring appearance, it is about restoring people’s faith in themselves, in life, in the future. And we, the medical community, must do everything possible to support our people and our country,” said Serhiy Derbak, founder of Lita Plus clinic and initiator of the conference.
Breast Weekend 2.0 has become not only a manifestation of support for the army, but also an important step for the development of plastic and reconstructive surgery in Ukraine, an industry that is now gaining new strategic importance and shaping the future of national medicine.
Source: https://interfax.com.ua/news/pharmacy/1067245.html
Breast Weekend 2.0, CLINIC, Lita Plus, MILITARY, plastic surgery, Serhiy Derbak
On April 26, 2025, Uzhhorod will host the largest medical event in Ukraine – the Breast Weekend 2.0 conference, which will bring together industry leaders to share experiences, discuss modern techniques and the latest approaches in the field of aesthetic and oncoplastic mammoplasty. The conference is organized by Lita Plus Plastic Surgery Clinic.
The event will bring together more than 200 leading plastic surgeons, oncologists, cosmetologists, dermatologists and reconstructive surgeons to discuss topical issues of mammoplasty and at the same time support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A separate part of the conference will be a special panel devoted to complex cases of recovery of people who were seriously injured during the war. It will be presented by Oleksandr Turkevych, co-founder of the Neopalymi charity project, an initiative that brings together doctors to help combat victims, including in the treatment of scars, burns, and severe injuries.
The main mission is medicine for victory
In addition to its scientific value, the conference has a key charitable goal: all funds raised will be used to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the gala dinner that will take place after the conference, an additional fundraiser will be held to help the Ukrainian military.
About theorganizer: Lita Plus Clinic is a center for plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine that has already organized three charity conferences since the beginning of the full-scale invasion and purchased more than 10 vehicles for the military with the proceeds from previous events.
Program and key topics of the conference:
Speakers:
Serhiy Derbak , founder and head of Lita Plus clinic; Ruslan Humennyi , founder and plastic surgeon of PlastArt clinics; Vasyl Khrapach , MD, professor of the Department of Surgery at Bogomolets National Medical University; Yevhen Simulik , head of the Department of Microvascular, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the National Center of Surgery and Transplantation named after O.O. Shalimov; Sergiy Romanyuk, Head of the Surgical Department of the Artmedium Clinic, Doctor of the highest category; Denys Pominchuk , Founder of the VERUM EXPERT Clinic; Andriy Zhyhulin , Head and Founder of the Mammology Center at the LISOD Israeli Oncology Hospital; Bohdan Shevnya , Director of Altamedica Medical Center LLC; Oleg Savenkov , Head of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Garvis Clinic; Artem Fedosov , Head of the Mammology Center at the Innovation Clinic; Oleksandr Karpinsky, surgeon at the Lita Plus Clinic; Ihor Drobner, oncologist and mammologist at the Khmelnytsky Regional Anti-Tumor Center; Tetiana Shevchuk, oncologist and mammologist at the VERUM EXPERT Medical Center; Sergiy Chuklin, oncologist and mammologist at St. Paraskeva Medical Center; Dmytro Bukhteev, oncologist and mammologist at the Center for Mammology at LISOD Israeli Oncology Hospital; Dmytro Mozhayev, oncologist, plastic surgeon at the Harvis Clinic and Medical Plaza, etc.
Conference partners: Motiva, Polytech Ukraine, Mentor Optimum Ukraine, Mentor Askmed, Vaser, CareForm.
Media partners: General media partner – Interfax Ukraine news agency; TV partner – Inter TV channel, Pryamyy TV channel.
With the support of associations – UPRADAS, ESSA.
Date: April 26, 2025
Location: Uzhhorod, hotel complex “Derenivska Kupil”
Start time: 08:00.
Online registration, agenda and other information are available on the website: https://livesurgery-transcarpathian.com
Media accreditation: +38 095 123 28 83, pr@litaplus.com (contact person: Kira Skrypnyk).
Interfax-Ukraine is a media partner
Source: https://interfax.com.ua/news/press-release/1065096.html
