Typically, women have a tissue expander placed during their mastectomy procedure, which is expanded with saline. This is followed by approximately six weeks of daily radiation therapy to the ...

is accomplished by placement of an inflatable tissue expander beneath the chest wall muscle at the time of mastectomy. The tissue expander is gradually inflated with saline over a period of 4 to 6 ...

Breast reconstruction usually takes more than one surgery. Sometimes an implant is placed during the same surgery as mastectomy. But often the doctor will first place a tissue expander beneath the ...

“Staged” DIEP Flap Surgery A staged DIEP flap surgery is similar to a delayed DIEP flap, except that at the time of the mastectomy, a tissue expander is inserted into the breast skin and muscle. The ...

A second operative procedure is then required to exchange the expander for a permanent ... Breast reconstruction after mastectomy. Shown is autologous tissue reconstruction with a latissimus ...

"In the same [double mastectomy] surgery, they put in tissue expanders to basically get my body ready to host future implants," she says. "And so, I have those right now. I basically live with ...