Breast Reconstruction

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Options in breast cancer treatment generally involve surgical removal of part [lumpectomy] or all [mastectomy] of the breast. This procedure, whilst life saving, does have a huge emotional impact on many women.

Breast reconstruction aims to return the breast to its original state, using silicon implants, and contouring using fat aspirated from the patients own body.

Dr. guba takes the viewer through all that goes into a breast reconstruction surgery. [2:52]

Breast Reconstruction Surgical Procedure

A video showing the exact procedure for breast reconstruction using implants.

Safety Of Using Silicon Implants

FDA'sapproval of certain silicone gel-filled breast implants is still raising safety concerns by many patients, aware of patient horror stories using previous versions.

The implants, made by both Allergan and Mentorhave, been approved for breast reconstruction in women of all ages, and for breast augmentation in women 22 and older.

The FDA is requiring that the companies continue to study the safety of the implants for about 10 more years after they are marketed. Each company will study about 40,000 women, and this can give more information about possible rare adverse effects.

This brief video by SafetyTV Library outlines the above concerns.

A report by the Institute of Medicine several years ago concluded that there was no convincing scientific evidence that women with the implants are at greater risk for systemic problems like increased risk of neurological disorders, connective tissue diseases and cancer, and other studies have borne that out. But this question will continue to be addressed in the long-term studies that will be conducted by the companies. FDA Patient Safety News: January 2007.

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