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Mastectomy

Left Breast Reconstruction with DIEP Flap to Reconstruct the Breasts when Implants are not an Option

Left Breast Reconstruction with DIEP Flap to Reconstruct the Breasts when Implants are not an Option

After mastectomy, the breast can be reconstructed with implants or with the patient’s own tissue. When we reconstruct the breast with the patient’s own tissue, we use the term autologous breast reconstruction. Reconstruction with the patient’s own tissue is helpful in cases where radiation was required after mastectomy or in situations where implants became infected at any time after a…

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Secondary Mastectomy Reconstruction

Secondary Mastectomy Reconstruction

There are several occasions where patients come to our practice and they have previously undergone a mastectomy reconstruction, but would like to improve the appearance of their reconstruction. Common reasons for wanting to improve the appearance of their reconstruction is thin skin, with waviness and rippling of the implant, asymmetry of the reconstructed breast volume or position, and capsular contracture.…

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Latissimus Dorsi Myo-cutaneous Flap Reconstruction of Mastectomy Defects

Latissimus Dorsi Myo-cutaneous Flap Reconstruction of Mastectomy Defects

Reconstruction of mastectomy defects is challenging. It is even more challenging in the face of radiation. Not all tissues and tissue types tolerate radiation to the same degree. In some patients implant reconstructions are not amenable after they have undergone radiation. Improving the tissue characteristics is important to making an implant reconstruction a viable option. One of the more common…

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Oncoplastic Reconstruction of Following Lumpectomy and DIEP Flap Following Mastectomy

Oncoplastic Reconstruction of Following Lumpectomy and DIEP Flap Following Mastectomy

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…

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Early Post-Operative Results for Delayed Unilateral Flap Reconstruction following Mastectomy and Radiation

Early Post-Operative Results for Delayed Unilateral Flap Reconstruction following Mastectomy and Radiation

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…

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Unilateral DIEP Flap Reconstruction and Contralateral Mastopexy

Unilateral DIEP Flap Reconstruction and Contralateral Mastopexy

The skin and fat from the lower abdomen can be used to reconstruct the breast following mastectomy. This type of reconstruction is called autologous breast reconstruction or flap reconstruction. The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap uses the skin and fat from the lower abdomen, and maintains a significant amount of abdominal wall musculature. The tissue that is transferred…

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Bilateral DIEP Flap Reconstruction for Bilateral Nipple Sparing Mastectomy

Bilateral DIEP Flap Reconstruction for Bilateral Nipple Sparing Mastectomy

There are several options to reconstruct the breast following mastectomy. Depending upon the degree of pre-operative ptosis of the breast, the patient may be a candidate for a nipple sparing mastectomy. A nipple sparing mastectomy may be performed through an inframamary incision. For a DIEP flap reconstruction, the operative surgeon often needs access to blood vessels in the chest, usually…

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