The 2 techniques employed for creating a reconstructed ... For most patients, stretching of the soft-tissue mastectomy envelope is required to create a space for the implant of a size to match ...

This is a surgical technique which helps to the patient to have organ (breast) conservation with good surgical margins with ...

Mastectomy is when all breast tissue is removed. In appropriately selected patients, the surgeon may be able to conserve some of the skin and/or nipple normally lost during a mastectomy. The choice of ...

Breast reduction surgery offers several benefits but also involves potential risks. Understanding the surgical process and ...

The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator or DIEP flap is a microsurgical technique in which blood vessels ... DIEP flap surgery is an option for patients who have had a mastectomy, in which one ...

Laura Wharam thought she had appendicitis but her breast cancer had returned and metastasized, spreading to her liver, bones, and lungs Jake Watt / SWNS A woman who had a double mastectomy — and ...

Donnall Thomas, MD, pioneered the technique of bone marrow transplantation ... published results of his 20-year study of 1,800 women: Total mastectomy offers no advantage over either lumpectomy ...

Recent study was conducted to compare the efficacy of two different nerve block techniques for postoperative pain management ...