Breast reconstruction

Breast reconstruction in Paris 16

Doctor Fabrice Poirier, plastic surgeon in Paris 16 and Paris 11 and in the Paris region, performs reconstructive surgery of the breast or breast reconstruction after lumpectomy for breast cancer or mastectomy, that is to say the ablation of one or both mammary glands.

After this terrible ordeal of the fight against cancerous breast disease, comes the time for reconstruction and aesthetic rehabilitation of the breast and the injured woman. This is a new ordeal that can discourage a number of women who have already had to overcome breast cancer, its treatments being unfortunately still too often taxing morally and physically. However, breast surgery should not discourage the patient. Reliable techniques, leaving few sequelae with an appreciable aesthetic result requiring a short hospital stay, can provide a rehabilitation allowing to pass to the stage after the disease. Your cosmetic surgeon in Paris 16, Doctor Fabrice Poirier, will be able to give you all the information you need about breast reconstruction. When can we start breast reconstruction after cancer? In most cases, breast reconstruction can be started after treatment for breast cancer. After surgical resection of the diseased breast in whole or in part and the treatment of the lymph node areas, it is very often necessary to combine chemotherapy and / or radiotherapy which will be spread over several months then followed by hormone therapy as appropriate. . At the end of this phase, it will be necessary to ensure the good reaction of the skin and the stability of the cancerous disease to start the reconstruction. How many surgeries will be necessary? Reconstruction of the breast after cancer will require several surgeries. A first intervention performed by your plastic surgeon in Paris 16 and Paris 11 will restore the volume of the breast, an essential step which will immediately allow the epithesis or prosthesis placed in the bra to be dispensed with, which simulates the volume of the breast. breast. At this stage, several surgical techniques are possible to achieve breast reconstruction, and we will try to retain only the most reliable of them bringing the best result. Allow 4 to 6 days of hospitalization on average. In the following 3 months, it will be possible to consider the second intervention which will make it possible to symmetrize the reconstructed breast and the "native" breast. There too many possibilities exist including in some cases the absence of the need to achieve this symmetrization because the appearance is satisfactory from the outset. Allow 2 to 4 days of hospitalization on average. In the following 3 to 6 months, it will be advisable to consider the reconstruction of the mammary areola by local flap and cutaneous / mucous graft. The areola tattoo is possible but will not be able to bring relief. Ambulatory surgery possible. In total in 9 to 12 months with most often three surgeries, it will be possible to reconstruct the breast. When to perform a preventive mastectomy? The indication for performing a preventive mastectomy depends on the opinion of the oncogenetic consultation carried out in a specialized environment. That is to say, family history, genetic heritage and the possibility of regular monitoring of the patient. Download the SOFCEP information sheet Download Download the SOFCEP information sheet Download Download the SOFCEP information sheet Download
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