Going Flat At Initial Mastectomy (including unilateral and bilateral) Webinar | MBAS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Midwest Breast & Aesthetic Surgery conducted a webinar about going flat at initial mastectomy and this includes the unilateral and bilateral. Dr. Kocak and Dr. Tiwari, answer the questions and share their opinions here. Learn more by visiting this site: www.mwbreast.com/
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About Midwest Breast & Aesthetic Surgery:
Midwest Breast & Aesthetic Surgery is a plastic surgery practice in Gahanna, Ohio. Our physicians are board-certified plastic surgeons that offer cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the breast and body, including breast augmentation and reduction, breast lift, tummy tuck, liposuction, and body contouring after weight loss. They specialize in breast reconstruction using advanced microsurgical techniques of tissue transfer and perforator-based flaps such as the DIEP flap, SIEA flap, GAP flap, TUG flap, and PAP flap.
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What an insightful conversation. The surgeon realizes the charge codes for flat reconstruction and the patient an alternative scar pattern for large breast to flat reconstruction. A powerhouse discussion of flat reconstruction advocates. I just got my breast cancer diagnosis a week ago and will have a double mastectomy in January and love the flat reconstruction option. Thanks for this conversation.
I had my bilateral mastectomy back in Dec,and Im very pleased!!!! I can tell anyone,that 3 months post surgery, my scars look beautiful! What you see at first,is not what you'll see months later,it gets better!
Thanks for pushing this forward. Having had my flat surgery 4 days ago, I don't even know what I got yet, the tape is still on. All I knew to tell my surgeon is that I really wanted a beautiful scar, so much I didn't know. I interviewed three surgeons, for which I was given a hard time, just grabbing at air to figure out how to get to what you are talking about. Where was the menu, what where each of them cooking? I get more informed on bids for a home repair job then I could get for this.
This is a great conversation. I've had a mastectomy but everything happened so fast that there was no time to be informed about anything. The healing process and reconstruction options is a whole new world and I'm frustrated and grateful to be learning after the fact. I want a flat closure or at least a reduced tissue option because I have too much tissue remaining to not do anything at all. I don't want anything foreign as a reconstruction.
As a brand new breast cancer patient, the term "flat closure" was never mentioned. I'm finding I'm being told what is going to happen vs the choices I have as the patient. But agreed, if the breast surgeons, who often see us first, don't talk about closures and mine assumed reconstruction was preferred. Great conversation, though. Many patients aren't aware of the questions they need to ask when initially dealing with the diagnosis itself!
The doctor said that patients we might not have the right vocab or prioritise flat closure - but in my case smooth, contoured, aesthetic, flat reconstruction. But the surgeons have no clue about it and are just saying that a "flat" surgery is just the removal of breast tissue - end of. I have spoken to various surgeons and they are almost irritated that I am trying to make something obvious and easy into something more complex. I do "fell confident" to ask but I'm not getting anywhere in the UK. Two surgeons scheduled implant recontruction surgery with plastic surgeons without asking me. They both completely assumed I wanted new breast mounds and that I would only have one breast taken. To not even be consulted feels dismissive and outrageous.
STOP! You're topic is "Going Flat." I am equally as frustrated. Seems like A LOT of MEN who have opinions about a woman's body. WHY IS NO ONE CONSIDERING THE MENTAL ASPECT OF LOSING YOUR BREASTS???
Yes. And I am incredibly disappointed to hear male surgeons belly-laugh at there being "a name for a surgery they already do" with regard to the Goldilocks procedure. To me, the reveal of another disconnect between what the surgeon's know to be options, and the range of options with subtle differences that women are learning and want to consult about during this psychologically stressful time, is no laughing matter. Overall, this session was incredibly helpful, though not without a slight demoralizing effect for women trying to choose from a limited "menu" of options for an upcoming surgery. Thank you for it. I now wonder if I should unschedule my surgery and wait for things to further develop in the onco-plastic world.
This is not a discussion about mental health. There are lots of vids on mastectomy and mental health. These two men are surgeons. They are experts.