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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

Fat Grafting after a MastectomyVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyojoJ6HCv0 Dr. Daniel Calva, Plastic Surgeon with Baptist Health South Florida, says after a mastectomy or a lumpectomy they are dealing with more scar tissue and more radiation induced. "Radiation can induce a fibrotic reaction of the tissues; there are skin changes with hyperpigmentation, and so we can reconstruct that breast using this technique with [...]

Fat Grafting after a Mastectomy

Types of MastectomyVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64zzRKeCX3s Dr. L. Raúl Arroyo, Breast Surgeon with Bethesda Hospital, Baptist Health, says they are different types of mastectomy: one is the modified radical mastectomy, which consists of removing the breast and the skin and the chest remains flat. Then, there is the evolution of that to a skin-sparing mastectomy, where the nipple and areola [...]

Types of Mastectomy

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 [...]

Immediate & Delayed Breast Reconstruction

Reconstructive Breast SurgeryVideos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAxLnTYLNHE Dr. L. Raúl Arroyo, Breast Surgeon with Bethesda Hospital, Baptist Health, says having the breast reconstruction done immediately at the time of the mastectomy has some benefits. For example, going in for a mastectomy, but waking up and still having fullness in the breast is very important for patients psychologically. He points out there [...]

Reconstructive Breast Surgery

Why do women get a preventive mastectomy?Ask Hanna

Preventive mastectomy, done to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer, involves the surgical removal of one or both breasts. This procedure, also called prophylactic mastectomy, was in the news recently when actress Angelina Jolie announced her decision to undergo the procedure. Women with certain risk factors are much more likely to develop breast cancer […]