Abdominal wall reconstruction procedures are common. Abdominal wall hernias can occur after abdominal procedures. The components of the abdominal wall can be separated and biologic mesh can be used as a load sharing principle to repair the hernia. Protein intake is important before surgery and after surgery to prevent seroma formation post-surgery. We instruct many of our patients to eat…
Oncoplastic reconstruction is the combination of oncologic surgery and plastic surgery. The same techniques that are used to improve the appearance of the breast can be used to allow access to remove tumors from the breast while improving the overall shape and appearance. The tumors of the breast can be localized with either…
There are several oncoplastic techniques that are used to reconstruct the breast following lumpectomy for breast cancer. These oncoplastic techniques can be utilized in conjunction with DIEP flap reconstruction for mastectomy in sequence. Patients can undergo lumpectomy for breast cancer with oncoplastic reconstruction. The staging of the lumpectomy and oncoplastic reconstruction can place a ptotic nipple areola complex in a…
Occasionally, patients undergo mastectomy and then follow with radiation therapy. When these patients undergo breast reconstruction, we use the term delayed breast reconstruction. The term delayed reconstruction is utilized to characterize a reconstruction that occurs after a mastectomy and other treatments versus an immediate reconstruction that occurs in whole or in part simultaneously with the mastectomy. When the skin that…
