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Management of Chronic Postoperative Breast Pain Ivica Ducic Ethan E. Larson Matthew L. Iorio Introduction Postsurgical breast pain can be a complex problem, with a number of etiologies. This pain…
Lipomodeling of the Reconstructed Breast Emmanuel Delay Introduction Surgical reconstruction of the breast is one of the most difficult enterprises in plastic surgery. Creating a breast of normal consistency and…
Stem Cells and the Breast Edward P. Buchanan Victor W. Wong Geoffrey C. Gurtner Introduction Stem cells are a special population of cells that have the unique ability to both…
Reconstruction of the Breast Following Tumor Recurrence Melissa A. Crosby David W. Chang Introduction Surgical therapy for breast cancer has evolved over the last few decades with a trend toward…
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…
