When a breast cancer patient requires a mastectomy, cancer surgeons and reconstructive plastic surgeons at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and WUSM now perform a technique called ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: In 2000 (at age 53), I had a mastectomy with a TRAM flap ...

Dr. Wallace answers the question: 'Tissue flap reconstruction on both sides?' — -- Question: If I have both breasts removed, can I have tissue flap reconstruction done on both sides of my chest?

The number of breast reconstruction procedures has been increasing in recent years. One of the suggested treatment methods is breast reconstruction with a pedicled skin and muscle TRAM flap ...

February 26, 2016 - In women undergoing breast reconstruction using their own (autologous) tissue, newer "muscle-sparing" abdominal flaps can reduce complications while improving some aspects of ...

D. Scott Lind, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.; Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S. Advances in reconstructive techniques have made breast ...

The overall complication rates are similar for the 3 common types of flaps used during breast reconstruction, but the types of complication, resource use, and costs differ, researchers reported at the ...

(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 ...

Dear Dr. Roach: In 2000 (at age 53), I had a mastectomy with a TRAM flap reconstruction. In 2010, I began experiencing lower back pain. I did physical therapy and have continued those exercises since ...

LAWRENCE — Women who are facing the loss of a breast because of cancer often are concerned about what they will look like after the surgery. Some women decide to wear a prosthesis, a breast form that ...

I’m happy when I see breast cancer patients proudly sporting T-shirts that say, “Yes, they’re fake - my real ones tried to kill me.” Look around you at or think of your eight closest female friends.

In women undergoing breast reconstruction using their own (autologous) tissue, newer 'muscle-sparing' abdominal flaps can reduce complications while improving some aspects of quality of life, reports ...