Breast Rebuilds After Big C? 4 of 5 Don’t!
admin @ May 19, 2010 # Comments Off
Study: four year breast cancer study finds four of five patients don’t get breast reconstruction; limiting factors include race, insurance and hospital types.
What DO Breast Surgery Patients Want?
admin @ May 28, 2009 # Comments Off
What do breast surgery patients want? Short answer: Satisfaction!
With over half a million U.S. women undergoing some form of breast surgery yearly, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), plastic surgeons and others want to know exactly what makes breast surgery patients happy at the end of the day.
So five researchers from Canada, [...]
DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction
admin @ May 22, 2009 # Comments Off
You’ve often read on our blogs that plastic surgeons have years of training beyond medical school and will often add a year of fellowship, working at the side of an older and more experienced surgeon to learn a particular skill.
One such area is microsurgery, operating on very tiny structures of the body through a microscope.
When [...]