Patients often treat breast cancer with lumpectomy and radiation. This can be a very successful manner to treat breast cancer. On occasion, these patients can get a recurrence of their breast cancer and require mastectomy for successful treatment. Chemotherapy or previous radiation can make placement of an implant at the time of mastectomy challenging as infection rates may be higher.
Patients can always undergo delayed insertion of their mammary prosthesis at a later date when the bone marrow has successfully recovered from chemotherapy and risks of infection are lower.
The photo demonstrates delayed insertion of bilateral mammary prosthesis after bilateral mastectomy.
