There are two main sources of tissue which are used by surgeons to reconstruct the breast after breast cancer surgery. These are transferred tissues from the back or from your tummy. Removing tissue from the back uses a muscle called the latissimus dorsi muscle whereas from the tummy it uses the lower tummy tissue below [...]
Posts Tagged ‘breast reconstruction’
What Reconstruction Techniques are there After Breast Cancer Using my Own Tissue?
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Reconstruction of the breast following cancer with breast implants – pros and cons.
Sunday, August 15th, 2010One of the simplest ways to reconstruct the breasts following mastectomy or removal of breast tissue following breast cancer removal is with a breast implant. The pros of this procedure are that it is relatively straight forward and this does not involve removing tissue from another area of the body. The cons of this procedure [...]
What options are available for breast reconstruction after breast cancer?
Saturday, August 14th, 2010Following breast cancer operations and mastectomy there are now number options to reconstruct the breast tissue. In a previous blog post I’ve talked about oncoplastic techniques which are suitable if you have sufficient breast tissue to allow for breast reduction and removal of the breast cancer in one operation.
Is it possible to remove breast implants and still achieve a reasonable size bust?
Monday, July 12th, 2010Yesterday I performed an operation on a lady who previously had breast augmentation performed by another surgeon. She felt that her breast were too large and I performed a removal of the implants and redistributed the remaining breast tissue. This gave her a smaller better bust with a slight uplift. I found that in many [...]