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- Title
Caring for patients with breast reconstruction after mastectomy.
- Authors
Joian, Mihaela; Dumitrache, Ana Maria; Drăgoescu, Angela
- Abstract
Breast reconstruction is a physically and emotionally rewarding procedure for a woman who lost one or both breasts to cancer. Creating a new breast can dramatically improve the self-image and self-confidence. Although surgery may result in a relatively natural breast, a reconstructed breast will not look and feel exactly the same as the removed breast. The final results of breast reconstruction after mastectomy can alleviate the physical and emotional impact of mastectomy. There are side effects, but most women feel that these are small compared to the substantial increase in the quality of life and of the feeling of being and showing whole again. Surgical solutions are: reconstruction with mammary implants, tissue expansion, reconstruction with own tissues (flaps).
- Subjects
MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; BREAST cancer
- Publication
Oncolog-Hematolog, 2017, Issue 39, p64
- ISSN
2066-8716
- Publication type
Abstract