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2. Free flap breast reconstruction - Wikipedia

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   Free-flap breast reconstruction is a type of autologous-tissue breast reconstruction applied after mastectomy for breast cancer, without the emplacement of a breast implant prosthesis. As a type of plastic surgery, the free-flap procedure for breast reconstruction employs tissues, harvested from another part of the woman's body, to create a ...

3. Katie Couric Breast Cancer Surgery Was Lumpectomy To ... - AOL

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   What to know about breast-conserving surgery. After Katie Couric was diagnosed with breast cancer, she chose a lumpectomy, not a mastectomy, as her treatment. What to know about breast-conserving ...

4. List of plastic surgery flaps - Wikipedia

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   Free flap: Free flap breast reconstruction: Superior gluteal artery perforator (SGAP) flap: Cutaneous: Free flap: Free flap breast reconstruction: Transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap [5] Musculocutaneous: Free flap: Free flap breast reconstruction: Transverse upper gracillis (TUG) flap: Musculocutaneous: Free flap: Free flap ...

5. Breast-conserving surgery - Wikipedia

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   In addition, there are several important misconceptions regarding breast-conservation surgery for patients and clinicians to keep in mind. [8] In appropriately selected patients, mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery have equivalent survival rates. Undergoing mastectomy does not eliminate the risk for recurrent or new cancer.

6. New lumpectomy technique puts breast cancer patients ... - AOL

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   Sep. 2—MITCHELL, S.D. — It was this past May when Sister Marita Pfau first noticed an unusual indentation on her breast during a self-exam. "I happen to notice that in the mirror, whether I ...

7. Lumpectomy - Wikipedia

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   A lumpectomy is a surgery to remove a breast tumor along with a resection margin of normal breast tissue. The margin is the healthy, noncancerous tissue that is next to the tumor. A pathologist analyzes the margin excised by the lumpectomy to detect any possible cancer cells.

8. Breast reconstruction - Wikipedia

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   Breast reconstruction is the surgical process of rebuilding the shape and look of a breast, most commonly in women who have had surgery to treat breast cancer. It involves using autologous tissue, prosthetic implants, or a combination of both with the goal of reconstructing a natural-looking breast.

9. Free flap - Wikipedia

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   Breast reconstruction: Aesthetic (cosmetic) reconstruction: Most commonly, creating a breast after a mastectomy. This may happen at the time of mastectomy or at a later date. Free flaps are usually only done if a TRAM flap is not possible. Plastic surgeons usually perform these surgeries. Patients with Bell's palsy can have their face re ...