The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook

Minas Chrysopoulo, MD, of the PRMA Plastic Surgery Center for Advanced Breast Reconstruction, highlights the book's strengths and offers a medical perspective on breast cancer and reconstructive surgery. The extensively updated text includes new discussions of; innovative reconstructive procedures; contralateral mastectomy; the benefits and limitations of nipple- and areola-sparing mastectomies; nipple delay procedure; patient-controlled tissue expansion; cohesive gel silicone implants; microsurgical advances that improve tissue flap procedures; fat grafting; nipple reconstruction; nipple and areola tattooing; reconstruction with the BRAVA system; pregnancy after TRAM; male mastectomy and reconstruction; decision making and solving cosmetic and medical post-op problems; surgical procedures that reduce the risk of cancer; the latest research data on mastectomy and reconstruction; and much more