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Breast Reconstruction and Breast Nipple Reconstruction
Female patients who have insufficient breast tissue and volume or complete absence of the breast due to surgery (after breast cancer or breast siliconoma removal), trauma or congenital anomaly, could undergo breast reconstruction surgery. The new breast without the nipple areola is called the breast mound. Reconstruction can be done either, immediately after tumor excision or delayed for months or years depending on the need for adjuvant treatment or other medical conditions. Usually the lower abdominal soft tissue are used and transferred to reconstruct the breast mound (TRAM) or a breast implant alone or in combination with a muscle flap, may be use after mastectomy in breast siliconoma or cancer surgery. The nipple-areolar complexes are usually reconstructed best after 2 to 3 months, since much of the swelling of the new breast mound would be gone by that time and better symmetry would be attain. The length of the operation varies from the technique use by the surgeon, and this done under general anesthesia, with patient confined for a few days in the hospital.
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