Articles - Breast Reconstruction

Cancer survivor’s own fat gives her new breasts

Cancer survivor’s own fat gives her new breasts

Elizabeth Anderson had to act fast when she learned she had advanced breast cancer in April 2009. Just one month after her diagnosis, she had a bilateral mastectomy, a surgery removing both of her breasts.
A chat with Italian plastic surgeon Prof. Luca Vaienti

A chat with Italian plastic surgeon Prof. Luca Vaienti

Earlier this year, the Plastic and Esthetic Surgery Clinic of St. Anna’s Faculty Hospital in Brno was pleased to welcome Professor Luca Vaienti, the head of the Plastic Surgery Clinic at the University Hospital Policlinico San Donatto in Milan. We met with Dr. Vaienti to discuss cosmetic surgery...
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Breasts reconstruction

Breasts reconstruction

The cancer treatment of breast consists in surgical removal of the tumor, often including removal of sentinel ganglion with following radiotherapy or chemotherapy. During the tumor removal also a part of mammary gland is removed at the same time and often even the whole breast, which represents...
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