Breast reconstruction techniques choice at present cosmetic surgery market

Added: 01/24/2006

Breasts reconstruction procedures are represented by big choice of techniques and types. Immediate and delayed breasts reconstruction variants can satisfy most of patients. The most effective breast reconstruction techniques today are implants breast reconstruction and flap breast reconstruction. Both techniques have their advantage and disadvantages.

Today artificial beautiful images are imposed often to new generation. The result is great speeding up of cosmetic surgery and especially its breast augmentation procedures branch. At the same time the number of breast reconstruction procedures is in parallel rising. Constant pollution increasing, ?artificial? nutrition and other reasons cause terrible problem of breast cancer. The procedure of mastectomy is inevitable in this case. The breast reconstruction operations can relief psychological stress and return women lost self-confidence.

A big variety of existing breast reconstruction techniques guarantees possibility of natural breast?s effect after the surgery that provides very effective breasts reconstruction that results in breasts shape, size that are close to original variants. Most women-patients feel natural and comfort after surgery. And it is proved that in 99% of cases the operation guarantees psychological relief.

According to the latest breast reconstruction overview there are two big branches of possible breast reconstruction procedures variants: immediate and delayed breast reconstructions (in the basis of this classification there is a fact of breast reconstruction operations connection with mastectomy procedure). Immediate breast operation is performed by the team of surgeons (general surgeon manages with breast removal; just afterwards cosmetic surgeon performs breast reconstruction). The advantage of immediate reconstruction procedure is psychological comfort realizing that the client will not lose the breasts; less scarring and skin preserving.
But unfortunately sometimes it is impossible to combine cancer treatments with planning of breast reconstruction procedure, additional patient?s health examination and proper breast reconstruction techniques choice. So delayed breast reconstruction has its own advantages as well.

The market of modern cosmetic surgery industry presents two commonest breast reconstruction techniques: breast reconstruction with the usage of breast implants and flap reconstruction.

Cosmetic surgeons preferring breast implants reconstructions use usually rubber shells filled with silicone and gel materials. The individually prepared solutions are inserted through the tissue expander. The breast implants are carefully placed below chest muscle. The surgeon repeats injection till significant skin expansion after which permanent implants are inserted during the second surgical procedure. It happens that the cosmetic surgeon recommends third procedure to reconstruct nipples and areola.

Flap breast reconstruction techniques are based on surgeon?s forming of new breasts using taken from other body areas muscles, skin and fat. This variant of reconstruction procedure needs longer term of recovery and healing process. The biggest advantage of flap breast reconstruction is exclusion of many complications caused by usage of artificial implants.

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