Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Breast reconstruction using the profundal artery perforator flap has high success rates and low complication ...

Adding a lateral row perforator to a dominant medial row perforator may reduce fat necrosis in flap breast reconstruction, according to recent findings. The aim of the retrospective review was to ...

A prospective, multicenter trial of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) utilization by patients undergoing definitive breast radiotherapy. Background: Perforator flap breast reconstruction ...

The chest wall perforator flap technique offers higher patient satisfaction and lower complication rates compared to other breast reconstruction methods. A study of 346 women showed no cancer ...

When my mother was in her late 30s she was treated for breast cancer; it was the 1960s and breast reconstruction after her mastectomy was not an option. Back then, it was considered cosmetic, elective ...

(04-09) 15:32 PDT SAN FRANCISCO-- When Lori MacKenzie was diagnosed with breast cancer in the fall of 2010, her immediate impulse was to schedule a double mastectomy with implants because that offered ...

Autologous breast reconstruction techniques are classified into different types based on the composition of flaps and the source of the tissue. TRAM refers to the transverse rectus abdominis muscle ...

Flap surgery is a type of plastic surgery that uses tissues from another part of the body to close open wounds while having its own blood supply. Open wounds are an open invitation for bacteria. Loss ...

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