Surveillance Following Breast Reconstruction Valerie Lemaine Colleen M. McCarthy Andrea Pusic Introduction Breast reconstruction following mastectomy has been shown to have a positive effect on the psychological well-being of women…
Fat Injection to Correct Contour Deformities in the Reconstructed Breast Scott L. Spear Ali Al-Attar Introduction Breast reconstruction may be successfully accomplished using either prosthetic or autologous techniques or some…
Biomechanical Considerations Following Breast Reconstruction with Abdominal Flaps Maurice Y. Nahabedian Scott L. Spear Christopher L. Hess Introduction The lower abdomen has been the principal donor site for breast reconstruction…
Nipple-Areola Reconstruction Scott L. Spear Justin E. West The creation of a nipple-areola complex is the final step of breast reconstruction in which a surgically created mound is transformed into…
The Second Stage in Autologous Breast Reconstruction David W. Chang Introduction With the advent of the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap, the use of autologous tissue has become the…
Considerations of Previous Augmentation in Subsequent Breast Reconstruction Scott L. Spear Mark W. Clemens Michael A. Howard Introduction Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the second-leading…
Issues, Considerations, and Outcomes in Bilateral Breast Reconstruction Elisabeth K. Beahm Robert L. Walton Introduction Each year over 40,000 women die from breast cancer in the United States alone, with…
Options for Managing the Opposite Breast in Breast Reconstruction James D. Namnoum David Otterburn The goal of breast reconstruction is to create an aesthetically beautiful breast mound balanced with the…
Gracilis Flaps for Breast Reconstruction Karen M. Horton Introduction The inner thigh skin and fat based on the transverse upper gracilis (TUG) musculocutaneous flap blood supply provides an autologous donor…
The Superficial Inferior Epigastric Artery Flap in Breast Reconstruction Pierre M. Chevray Background Breast reconstruction is commonly accomplished with autologous tissue flaps from the lower abdomen and back, prosthetic breast…
