|
Choosing a Surgeon | Choosing an Implant | Choosing the Surgical Incision Site | Choosing the Type of Implant Placement | General Description of Breast Implant Surgery | After the Surgery | Choices in Reconstructive Procedures | Breast Reconstruction with Breast Implants | Immediate reconstruction is one-stage or two-stage reconstruction | Breast Reconstruction with Tissue Flaps | Questions to Ask Your Surgeon about Breast Augmentation | Questions to Ask Your Surgeon about Breast Reconstruction
Breast
Implant Surgery
Breast
Reconstruction with Breast Implants The
following information applies to reconstruction following mastectomy. However,
similar considerations apply to reconstruction for breast trauma or congenital
defects. Your
doctor will decide whether your health and medical condition makes you an appropriate
candidate for breast reconstruction with breast implants. Women with larger breasts
may require reconstruction with a combination of a tissue flap and an implant.
Your doctor may
recommend a breast implant, reduction mammoplasty (breast reduction), or a mastopexy
(breast lift), of your opposite, uninvolved breast to improve symmetry with your
reconstructed breast. Reduction mammoplasty involves removal of breast tissue
and skin. Mastopexy involves removing a strip of skin from under the breast or
around the nipple and using it to lift and tighten the skin over the breast. If
it is important to you not to alter the unaffected breast, you should discuss
this with your doctor because it may affect the breast reconstruction procedures
considered for your case. The
breast reconstruction process may begin at the time of your mastectomy (immediate
reconstruction) or weeks to years afterwards (delayed reconstruction).
Choosing a Surgeon | Choosing an Implant | Choosing the Surgical Incision Site | Choosing the Type of Implant Placement | General Description of Breast Implant Surgery | After the Surgery | Choices in Reconstructive Procedures | Breast Reconstruction with Breast Implants | Immediate reconstruction is one-stage or two-stage reconstruction | Breast Reconstruction with Tissue Flaps | Questions to Ask Your Surgeon about Breast Augmentation | Questions to Ask Your Surgeon about Breast Reconstruction
FDA
Breast Implant Consumer Handbook - 2004
U.
S. Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/breastimplants/handbook2004/glossary.html More
Information ... |
