We present two cases of breast reconstruction using abdominal tissue expansion as a salvage procedure for those patients who have had multiple sequential complications using the traditional free flap techniques yet still request some form of reliable breast reconstruction.

Subpectoral breast reconstruction using implants and meshes have been used widely in Europe, the United States and the United Kingdom. Although this technique has several advantages, animation deformity is a well-documented problem. We propose a new grading system to classify breast animation in patients undergoing subpectoral implant based breast reconstruction. We also discuss different techn...

Using fillers for aesthetic corrections purposes are becoming more and more popular amongst patients due to its less invasive nature compared to surgery. A 46-year old female patient said after her first baby born, she lost the perkiness and fullness of the breasts. Then she injected her breasts with baby oil found at home with a syringe with about 200 cc for each breast and she was quite conte...

Our group sought to determine the influence of health insurance coverage on use of immediate breast reconstruction for working-age women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer. METHODS We used 2 complementary databases, the Texas Cancer Registry-linked Medicaid database and the MarketScan private insurance database, to identify working-age women in Texas from 2000 to 2007 treated with mastec...

Background. Use of an autologous latissimus dorsi (LD) flap in breast reconstruction accounts for a flexible and natural look of reconstructed breast and has maintained a strong popularity because of its ease of harvest, reliability, and ability to provide additional prosthetic coverage. Different complications (hematoma, seroma, flap necrosis, infection, hypertrophic scarring, and postoperativ...

BACKGROUND The use of lateral thoracic skin and fat for breast reconstruction is advantageous because it does not require the use of muscle transfer, and the donor-site incision is well hidden under the arm. In patients with redundant skin at the thoracic flank, use of this tissue has the added benefit of removal of an unsightly roll. The lateral thoracic skin and fat flap can be harvested usin...

This report presents the results of immediate breast reconstruction with autologous flap in Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC). There was no obstetrics and surgical complications in our report. Immediate breast reconstruction can be performed in PABC after a careful selection. Multidisciplinary team approach is the key in managing these groups of patients.

p2990 Breast cancer affects more than 1 of every 10 women in the United States, requiring large numbers of women to undergo breast surgery. Many women who are appropriate candidates will choose to undergo breast-conserving therapy (BCT), comprising lumpectomy with postoperative radiation, which has been shown to have equivalent survival rates to the more disfiguring mastectomy. However, certain...

BACKGROUND As breast cancer survivorship has increased, so has an awareness of the morbidities associated with its treatment. The incidence of breast cancer-related lymphedema has been reported to be 8 to 30 percent in all breast cancer survivors. To determine whether breast cancer reconstruction has an impact on the incidence of breast cancer-related lymphedema, the authors compared its incide...

BACKGROUND A consensus is lacking on a uniform reconstructive algorithm for patients with locally advanced breast cancer who require postmastectomy radiotherapy. Both delayed autologous and immediate prosthetic techniques have inherent advantages and complications. The study hypothesis is that implants are more cost effective than autologous reconstruction in the setting of postmastectomy radio...