Breast Reconstruction

Nowadays, breast reconstruction is part of breast cancer treatment. This is a restoring surgery that aims to soothe the breast removal due to partial mastectomy (quadrantectomy) or total mastectomy caused by nodules or tumors.

In this procedure, it is possible to use silicone implants, tissue expanders and skin flaps from the back muscle and from the abdominal muscle (TRAM).

Whether the reconstruction should be immediate or delayed will depend on the consensus among the teams involved in the treatment. However we believe that immediate reconstruction has cosmetic and psychological benefits when compared to delayed reconstruction.

The patient will be informed about the techniques, risks and benefits involved in each method and her expectations and desires will be taken into account as well in selecting the treatment so as to achieve the best results.

Surgery length will depend on each method, and we strongly recommend the use of general anesthesia.