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 ...

Laurie Ratliff was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer 25 years ago, and she’s continuing to beat the odds while ...

The tissue expander is gradually inflated with saline ... Autogenous tissue. Breast reconstruction with autogenous tissue avoids all the potential complications of implants and provides a breast ...

"I just performed two bilateral DIEP flap surgeries and two bilateral tissue expander surgeries," she said in the now-viral video. (In DIEP flap surgery reconstruction, skin, fat and blood vessels ...

one may consider irradiating the chest wall before expansion with an expander in place; however, this is not an ideal solution. Autologous Tissue. A second approach to reconstruction is to ...

Final reconstruction is typically deferred until ... breast and potential negative medical effects from the tissue expander, with one in five women experiencing complications resulting in removal ...

Patients undergoing DIEP flap reconstruction can expect a return to preoperative sensation levels within three years, while those with tissue expanders may experience a slower and less predictable ...

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 ...