Many patients with breast cancer either choose or have cancers that are amenable to successful treatment with lumpectomy and radiation. This tends to be performed in an outpatient setting. Patients are instructed to wear a sports bra for 6 weeks after surgery. A high protein diet is important to facilitate healing after IORT or to get the wounds healed in…
Patients will frequently ask if it is possible to undergo mastectomy reconstruction if they have had previous lumpectomy and whole breast radiation. There are different options for patients who undergo previous radiation therapy. If there is ample tissue present on the abdominal wall, the lower abdomen can serve as the donor site for tissue to be transferred to reconstruct the…
Abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia repair are common procedures. Patients who have hernias from prior procedures or from genetic defects in the abdominal wall typically have high satisfaction rates with their reconstruction. Not only can the abdominal wall reconstruction improve pain associated with a hernia, it also improved the abdominal contour. After the intestines are returned to the abdominal wall,…
Rhinoplasty is a common procedure to soften up the features of the face. Quite frequently these small changes to the face can have a great impact. One of the more common reasons that patients request a rhinoplasty procedure is to remove the dorsal hump from the nose. Removing this dorsal hump and slightly improving the contour of the nasal tip…
