The complete guide to breast reconstruction Choosing the best options after your mastectomy
Book - 2023
"This work provides readers with comprehensive coverage of all aspects associated with breast reconstruction options related to breast cancer"--
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press
2023.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Fifth edition
- Physical Description
- xi, 354 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781421447599
- 0. Foreword by Sue Friedman, DVM
- 0. Introduction
- 0. Part I
- 1. Chapter One
- 0. Inside the Breast
- 0. Surgeries to Diagnosis, Treat, or Reduce the Risk of Breast Cancer
- 0. Lumpectomy or Mastectomy?
- 2. Chapter Two
- 0. Should You Have Genetic Testing?
- 0. How Real Is Your Risk?
- 0. Risk-Reducing Mastectomy
- 0. Paying for Genetic Counseling, Testing, and Risk-Reducing Surgeries
- 3. Chapter Three
- 0. What to Expect
- 0. Going Flat
- 0. The\Prosthesis Alternative
- 0. Paying for Mastectomy and Prostheses
- 4. Chapter Four
- 0. Mastectomy Cause and Effect
- 0. Losing and Regaining Sensation
- 0. Skin-Sparing Mastectomy
- 0. Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy
- 5. Chapter Five
- 0. Sorting through the Options
- 0. Timing Your Reconstruction
- 0. Health Matters
- 0. Coordinating Reconstruction with Treatment
- 0. Part II
- 6. Chapter Six
- 0. Implants Inside and Out
- 0. Prepectoral and Subpectoral Placement
- 0. Tissue Expander-to-Implant Reconstruction
- 0. Direct-to-Implant Reconstruction
- 0. Are They Safe?
- 0. Potential Problems and Fixes
- 7. Chapter Seven
- 0. Getting Your Fill
- 0. Minimizing Discomfort
- 0. Living in Limbo
- 0. Exchange Surgery
- 0. Potential Problems and Fixes
- 8. Chapter Eight
- 0. Tissue Flap Basics
- 0. Muscle-Sparing and Muscle-Sacrificing Flaps
- 0. Borrowing from the Abdomen
- 0. Other Donor Sites and Procedures
- 0. Potential Problems and Fixes
- 0. Part III
- 9. Chapter Nine
- 0. Making a Good Reconstruction Better
- 0. Revisions for Reconstruction with Implants
- 0. Revisions for Autologous Reconstruction
- 0. Fixes with Fat
- 10. Chapter Ten
- 0. Breast Augmentation
- 0. Breast Lift
- 0. Breast Reduction
- 11. Chapter Eleven
- 0. The\Icing on the Cake
- 0. Building the Nipple
- 0. A\Colorful Finish
- 0. Problems and Fixes
- 0. Part IV
- 12. Chapter Twelve
- 0. Countdown
- 0. Two Weeks before Surgery
- 0. One Week to Go
- 0. The\Day before Surgery
- 0. Reconstruction Day
- 13. Chapter Thirteen
- 0. Admitting and Pre-Op
- 0. In the OR
- 0. A\Peek into Post-Op
- 0. Your First Day after Surgery
- 0. The\Rest of Your Hospital Stay
- 14. Chapter Fourteen
- 0. A\Timetable for Healing
- 0. Managing Medication
- 0. Dealing with Drains
- 0. Tips for an Easier Recovery
- 0. Optimism Helps You Heal
- 0. Seeing Your New Breasts for the First Time
- 15. Chapter Fifteen
- 0. Inherent Risks of Surgery
- 0. Lingering Pain
- 0. Lymphedema
- 0. Reconstruction Do-Overs
- 0. Improving Scars
- 0. Strategies for Minimizing Complications
- 0. Managing Depression, Anxiety, and Body Image
- 16. Chapter Sixteen
- 0. Getting Back to Ordinary
- 0. Returning to Work
- 0. Dating, Intimacy, and Sex
- 0. Surveillance and Follow-up after Mastectomy
- 0. Part V
- 17. Chapter Seventeen
- 0. Characteristics of an Ideal Plastic Surgeon
- 0. Where to Start
- 0. Pre-appointment Footwork
- 0. Make the Most of Your Consultation
- 0. The\Value of a Second (or Third) Opinion
- 0. Tips for Travelers
- 18. Chapter Eighteen
- 0. Are You Covered?
- 0. Appealing When the Answer Is No
- 0. Help for the Uninsured and Underinsured
- 0. Other Types of Insurance
- 19. Chapter Nineteen
- 0. Moving in the Right Direction
- 0. Sources of Information and Inspiration
- 0. A\Checklist for Making Decisions
- 20. Chapter Twenty
- 0. Hints for Family Members
- 0. Food for Thought for Partners and Spouses
- 0. Issues for Caregivers
- 0. Dos and Don'ts for Friends
- 0. Bibliography
- 0. Glossary
- 0. Resources
- 0. Acknowledgments
- 0. About the author
- 0. Index