Breast Reconstruction Archives

Fat Grafting ProcedureVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RBDEyMstMk Fat Grafting is a type of breast augmentation procedure. Dr. Rafael Gottenger, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, talks about it, and how he uses it for breast reconstruction. TranscriptAnother breast augmentation procedure is fat grafting so I've been hearing this term so can you tell us how that works and what it [...]

Fat Grafting Procedure

Benefits of Breast ReconstructionVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq-w4Rm2KWI Improving women self-esteem and body image, partially erasing physical reminders and requiring additional surgery to correct problems are some of the benefits of breast reconstruction. Dr. Miguel Angel Medina, Director of Microsurgery with Miami Cancer Institute, says everyone has different tolerances for asymmetries and for little things, but he says they work through all [...]

Benefits of Breast Reconstruction

Mastectomy & NippleVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0vWWuhL5Zo Dr. Miguel Angel Medina, Director of Microsurgery with Miami Cancer Institute, explains with a digital imaging how they can save the nipple in breast reconstruction. in the past, surgeons save only the skin. Nowadays, they start saving both skin and nipples, the specialist says.

Mastectomy & Nipple

Types of Breast SurgeryVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeYucz5oNZo Dr. Xiaoti Xu, Plastic Surgeon, Mia Aesthetics with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, says breast reconstruction is about rebuilding the breast after suffering from cancer and trying to give them what they had before as possible. He also explains a breast augmentation is purely cosmetic surgery, and it is to enhance the way you look, [...]

Types of Breast Surgery

Types of Breast ReconstructionVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4puBXE2-Ss There are two types of breast reconstruction: autologous, meaning tissue from part of the body (back muscle, lower abdominal fat or gluteal fat), and using implants, says Dr. Xiaoti Xu, Plastic Surgeon with West Kendall Baptist Hospital. Some women could need implants because they can’t have reconstruction because of anatomic or medical issues, the [...]

Types of Breast Reconstruction

Breast Reconstruction & ExerciseVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4t4ltoHTes Surgeons recommend about four weeks of not lifting anything that is heavy, if a woman had a breast reconstruction. Dr. Miguel Angel Medina, Director of Microsurgery with the Miami Cancer Institute, explains that after four weeks, women begin their physical therapy. After 6 weeks, patients can return to their exercise program. The expert says [...]

Breast Reconstruction & Exercise

Breast Reconstruction ProceduresVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrV2tn5ns9M Implants are more common in breast reconstruction procedures, affirms Dr. Miguel Angel Medina, Director of Microsurgery with Miami Cancer Institute, because almost everyone is a candidate for a breast implant. He also says for implant surgeries, the recovery tends to be quicker, but patients have higher overall complications. TranscriptHow do you and your patients [...]

Breast Reconstruction Procedures

Types of Breast ReconstructionVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sVsOOfEFVE Flap, fat grafting, and tissue expansion are types of surgery techniques for breast reconstruction. Dr. Miguel Angel Medina, Director of Microsurgery with Miami Cancer Institute, says there are two major pathways: breast reconstruction with an implant or breast construction involving your own tissues. He explains the flap technique is using your own tissues where [...]

Types of Breast Reconstruction

Immediate & Delayed Breast ReconstructionVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUNlxqekn6Y Dr. Xiaoti Xu, Plastic Surgeon at West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains the difference between immediate and delayed breast reconstruction: "Immediate reconstruction is what happens when you have breast reconstruction during the time of mastectomy or lumpectomy; and delayed reconstruction is that when you're getting your breast cancer surgery and it's just the breast cancer [...]