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Nipple Sparing Mastectomy gives Breast Cancer Patients A Third Safe Surgery Option for Breast Reconstruction

Friday, November 4th, 2011


A new study published in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery found that some women who need a lumpectomy or mastectomy have a third, perfectly safe option for treatment. The NSM or Nipple Sparing Mastectomy.

There are essentially two main paths for surgery when breast cancer is detected. The first less aggressive is just to remove the lump and the tissue around it (lumpectomy). The second is to remove the entire breast. Obviously the first option is less damaging and leaves a women’s breast looking relatively normal, but it carries an 8-12 % risk of a recurrence, whereas the second removes the entire breast which can be traumatic in and of itself, before considering the issues of the cancer.
The third option now becoming more common is the nipple saving mastectomy, which leaves the skin, nipple and peripheral breast tissue intact. It also allows for immediate reconstructive surgery, meaning a quicker overall recovery time and less psychological trauma for the women having breast surgery.

Dr. Scott Spear, chairman of the department of plastic surgery at Georgetown University Hospital and co-author of the study said “Nipple sparing mastectomy as compared to other forms of mastectomy is becoming more common, and the surgery is usually successful in terms of achieving good breast reconstruction with a low risk of complications … There’s a low risk of finding breast cancer or disease beneath the nipple in those patients who are offered nipple sparing mastectomy.”

To read the full article, click HERE.

Call Dr. Kapp today at (561) 833-4022 for more information on this surgical option for breast reconstruction. 

 

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Dr. Daniel Kapp Now Offering LifeCell Tissue Matrices for Breast Reconstruction

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

 

LifeCell Tissue Matrices: advantages for women considering device (implant) breast reconstruction after mastectomy.

For many patients, preparing to have breast reconstruction after a mastectomy can be a difficult and emotional experience. You may feel anxious about having another surgery, worried about possible complications, and concerned about the way you will look and feel after the procedure is completed.
LifeCell Tissue Matrices offer a solution for the limitations of other tissue expander (TE)/implant techniques.

Over the last several decades, in an effort to achieve better aesthetic results for their patients, surgeons have increasingly switched from full muscle coverage to partial muscle coverage techniques for breast reconstruction procedures. Full muscle coverage has a number of benefits, but it also has numerous limitations. Over time, some surgeons migrated to partial muscle coverage for many of their patients because it provided a number of benefits that directly answered the limitations of full muscle coverage. Although partial muscle coverage provided many new benefits, it came with a host of limitations all its own.

LifeCell Tissue Matrices help Dr. Kapp attain optimum aesthetic outcomes for his patients without an increased risk of complications.

LifeCell Tissue Matrices:

  • Provide an additional layer of tissue that may help hide implant visibility
  • Provide additional tissue creating a hammock that allows for a natural looking breast
  • Help control the location of the implant and to define the breast fold

For more information about LifeCell Tissue Matrices call Dr. Daniel Kapp today at (561) 833-4022 to schedule your consultation.

*This blog post contains content directly from www.lifecell.com.

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