it is the most common and is to expand the skin and then a prosthesis. After mastectomy, the surgeon places an inflatable balloon (expander) under the skin and chest muscle. Through a valve mechanism buried beneath the skin, introducing a saline solution once a week for several weeks to fill the expander. Once the skin of the breast has given himself enough, the expander is removed and replaced by a silicone breast implant saline or final. There are certain expanders that are designed so that it can be kept as permanent implants. Both interventions are performed under general anesthesia with a short hospital stay, 24 to 72 hours. Mastectomy if the breast is not too big, too small or too fall, you may need to reduce, increase or raise, while we reconstruct the other, to achieve a symmetrical result. The nipple and surrounding skin (areola) are reconstructed later, under local anesthesia and an itinerant basis (without income). (more…)
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Skin expansion techniques to reconstruct the breast
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Who and where is breast reconstruction performed?
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
As soon as a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, it must inquire about the possibilities of reconstruction. The surgeon performing the mastectomy, the oncologist and plastic surgeon should coordinate to develop a strategy to converge in the best possible result.
The plastic surgeon is the specialist, by training (specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery) has the technical and aesthetic resources adequate to reconstruct a breast with a natural look. After assessing the patient’s general condition, it will inform the most appropriate options for their age, health, physical and anatomical characteristics and future expectations. (more…)
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Risk of breast reconstruction
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Virtually every woman who has been mastectomy may undergo breast reconstruction. However there may be certain risks that should be known before undergoing this procedure. These risks would be those of any surgery, such as bruises, scars, pathological or anesthetic problems which, although unlikely, there is always a slight possibility. Also, female smokers should know that the snuff can cause scarring and problems have a longer recovery period.
If reconstruction implants are used, there is minimal possibility of becoming infected, usually in the first or second week after surgery. In some of these cases it may be necessary to temporarily remove the implant, which may be performed again later. The most common problem associated with implants is capsular contracture, which consists of the formation by the body of an internal scar capsule around the implant that can make the (more…)
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Cosmetic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Cosmetic surgery can change many physical aspects of a person, sometimes you want to increase somewhere in the body, others want to do more small and slender, in other cases change the shape, look more attractive. Some surgical procedures are performed for cosmetic reasons, others however are made for reasons of trauma, burns, accidents, animal bites or birth defects, in this case the surgeon performed reconstructive surgery.
Reconstructive surgery is performed in order to repair body parts that were lost or damaged, as with the chest, when you have to remove the breast cancer process, if already, the situation is very painful for a woman and the priority is to heal, for some women, mastectomy is unavoidable.
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