Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction Before & After Photos
Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction
* This 44 year old woman had a right breast cancer. The decision was made with her general surgeon to proceed with bilateral mastectomies and she decided to have immediate breast reconstruction. In her case the skin of her nipple & areola complexes did not need to be removed so she underwent subcutaneous (saving all […]
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Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction
* This 43 year old woman developed a right breast cancer. She decided to have bilateral mastectomies and immediate breast reconstruction with latissimus dorsi and tissue expander breast reconstruction. Her reconstructive strategy incorporated a skin sparing mastectomy along with a breast lift pattern. Once her mastectomies were completed the latissimus flaps were raised to provide […]
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Breast Reduction, Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction
* This 69 year old woman had a left breast cancer for which she underwent a left mastectomy. The method of breast reconstruction for her was to use the latissimus dorsi muscle from her back along with a tissue expander. She had a lot of laxity in her back skin so a large portion of […]
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Breast Reduction, Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction
* This 60 year old woman presented after having had a mastectomy and chemo-therapy for a left breast cancer. She was now ready to check out her options for breast reconstruction. She needed skin replaced for her new left breast so her surgeon discussed using a muscle flap that would have the advantage of bringing […]
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Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction
* This 51 year old woman had bilateral subcutaneous mastectomies with immediate latissimus dorsi & tissue expander breast reconstruction. Her mastectomies were done using a breast lift skin excision pattern. Nine months later her second stage reconstruction was completed. The tissue expanders were replaced with 300cc smooth round gel breast implants and touch up procedures […]
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Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction
* This 51 year old woman had a left mastectomy for her breast cancer. She had decided to have a right mastectomy as well so both breasts were reconstructed at the same time, her left breast in a delayed fashion and her right breast immediately after the mastectomy was completed. Her method of reconstruction included […]
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