Breast reconstruction surgery

Breast reconstruction

Most women who have lost their breasts due to the removal of a malignant neoplasm live in constant stress. This is due to the fact that breast removal is often perceived as a real death sentence. A woman cannot wear her favourite clothes, go to the pool or relax at the sea. In addition, the lack of breasts provokes problems in her personal life. However, modern plastic surgery offers a solution. It’s about breast reconstruction.

Indications for breast reconstruction

The techniques used by the plastic surgeons of the Andrey Kharkov clinic allow you to restore  perfect breasts. Breast reconstruction is performed in the presence of the following indications:

• Displacement of the nipple halo.
• Congenital or acquired absence of the breast.
• Wrinkling or wilting of the breast skin.
• Decreased overall aesthetic characteristics.
• Loss of the previous shape of the breast.
• Breast sagging caused by weight loss or age.

Breast reconstruction can achieve amazing results. This is, first of all, the restoration of the skin of the breast, the volume of the mammary gland. In addition, the normal consistency of the breast is restored, an aesthetically correct shape is created, and the symmetry of the breast is restored.

Features of breast reconstruction surgery

Plastic surgeons of the clinic of Andrey Kharkov perform surgical interventions of any complexity aimed at carrying out breast reconstruction. For this, the latest equipment and effective, absolutely safe medical materials are used. Thanks to this, the likelihood of complications is reduced to zero. The patient gets a lasting result.

Regardless of what are the indications for breast reconstruction, the obligatory stage is preliminary consultation and a complete diagnostic study.

The method of breast reconstruction depends on the extent of the previously performed mastectomy, as well as on the age and physiological characteristics of the patient.

One of the most popular options is the use of silicone implants.

This technology allows you to achieve an evident  aesthetic result. However, there are limitations for this option: breast reconstruction using implants is performed only for those patients who have gone through a skin-preserving mastectomy.

Another option is breast reconstruction based on the restoration of the volume of the mammary glands. For this, pieces of skin and muscles are used. They are “removed” from the tissues of the abdomen or back. Alternatively, a combined technology can be used, that is, a combination of donor tissue and silicone implants. At the final stage, the areola and nipple are corrected. Without this, it is impossible to achieve aesthetic perfection.

The duration of the surgery is within 90 minutes. Sutures from the areola area are removed on day 10.

In the clinic of Andrey Kharkov, simultaneous surgery is performed to recreate the breast in various variations. Much depends on whether the skin of the areola or gland is preserved after the work of the oncologist. One-stage and two-stage reconstruction can be applied. Reconstruction may be delayed (i.e., after a mastectomy).

At a preliminary consultation, the most suitable variant of the operation is selected. In most cases, a mastectomy preserves the nipples. Only if the patient is not going to reconstruct the breast in the future, as a rule, the nipples are removed.

Reconstruction of the nipples is carried out both during and after breast reconstruction as a separate procedure. This is especially true in cases where lowering of the breast with further displacement  is possible.

The most commonly used nipple reconstruction is with local tissue. The plastic surgeon forms pieces of skin and folds them into a nipple-like shape. The next step is suturing. Areola restoration can be based on a skin graft from the inner thigh or labia majora.

Rehabilitation period

The first day after breast reconstruction the patient stays in the hospital of the clinic of Andrey Kharkov. After surgery the patient must wear special compression underwear for four weeks. It minimizes  any complications and prevents swelling.

If the breast reconstruction was performed using abdominal pieces of skin, the patient additionally wears a bandage on the abdomen. In most cases, antibiotics are used to prevent inflammation and infections (the first 5-7 days). In addition, the prescription of anticoagulant drugs is mandatory. This is an excellent prevention of complications associated with the formation of blood clots.

Following all recommendations is the key to success.

Contraindications for breast reconstruction

Breast reconstruction is not performed if the following contraindications are present:

• Hepatitis.
• Diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
• Problems with blood clotting.
• Mental disorders.
• Pregnancy and lactation.
• Hypertension.
• Inflammatory processes in the body.
• Diseases of the thyroid gland.
• Autoimmune pathologies.
• The presence of local inflammation in the area of ​​surgery.

Benefits of breast reconstruction in the clinic of Andrey Kharkov

The aesthetics of the breast and the success of the surgical intervention directly depend on the qualifications of the plastic surgeon. All employees of the clinic of Andrey Kharkov are real professionals in their field who use innovative methods of breast reconstruction. They are constantly improving their level in the best plastic surgery clinics in Europe and the world.

In the clinic of Andrey Kharkov, modern diagnostic and medical equipment is presented, the used drugs and surgical materials are absolutely safe.

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