D. Scott Lind, M.D., F.A.C.S.; Barbara L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.; Wiley W. Souba, M.D., Sc.D., F.A.C.S. Advances in reconstructive techniques have made breast ...

Before having this surgery or any other surgery, you may want to see another surgeon to get a second opinion. Tissue flap surgery is a way to rebuild the shape of a breast using skin, fat, and ...

DIEP flap surgery is an option for patients who have had a mastectomy, in which one or both breasts are removed because of breast cancer or to prevent breast cancer. The primary benefit of a DIEP flap ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, accounting for 12.5% of all new cancer cases per year.1 According to the ...

Whether you’ll receive breast reconstruction after breast cancer surgery is ultimately up to you. Tissue flap procedures, implants, and reconstruction with your body’s tissues are just a few ...

Depending on the wound's size, location, and depth, doctors could use techniques such as skin grafts or flaps. Mohs surgery has the highest cure rate of all treatments for basal cell and squamous ...

Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas is the only hospital in the state offering this type of procedure, called DIEP flap surgery. Shannon Ellis survived breast cancer, but she says the mastectomy ...

Surgery is a procedure in which incision and physical manipulation are used to treat a patient with an injury or a disease. The patient's tissues are cut during this technique to permit the ...

Reconstructive surgery can be performed at the same time ... Your surgeon will then likely recommend tissue flap reconstruction (breast reconstruction with your own tissue). This type of ...

Let me walk you through the process. On the morning of surgery the anesthesia doctors will tell you about regional nerve blocks. You're leg's going to jump ok? And I generally advise patients to ...

Experts from Duke Cancer Institute discuss the creation of individualized management plans to transition patients from oncologist to primary care physician. Beyond Cancer: A Multidisciplinary ...