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Can fat graft totally reconstruct a breast?

Fat grafting is a useful technique, but can it ever be used to completely reconstruct a breast after a mastectomy for cancer?

Framing Bias in breast reconstruction

For better or worse, breast reconstruction choices are heavily influenced by the information presented to patients by their surgeons and nurses.

Breast Reconstruction Myths

There are so many different things we hear repeated time and again about breast reconstruction. We hear about long procedures, the pain, the recovery, the

Breast Reconstruction in Australia

Breast cancer diagnoses continue to increase. Recent Australian data have shown that the rates of diagnosis of early forms of breast cancer in...

How do we increase awareness about breast reconstruction options

Breast Reconstruction in Adelaide - Access the full range of breast reconstruction options is by consulting a Specialist Plastic Surgeon.

What is the cost of breast reconstruction?

What are the costs of breast reconstruction in Australia? It is a question worth asking.

Hybrid Breast Reconstruction with fat grafting: The “other” option?

Breast reconstruction: Who wants it? Who gets it?

It may seem logical that any woman who has a mastectomy would want a breast reconstruction. But, overwhelmingly, we know..

Breast reconstruction with implants: do you need a Plastic Surgeon?

Breast reconstruction with implants may not sound as complicated as a DIEP flap, but don’t let yourself be fooled into thinking it is a simple operation...

Do thin patients have a choice? What about DIEP flaps in thin women?

The usual trope is that thin women with a low or even a normal BMI may not be the best candidates for DIEP flaps. Fortunately,...

Bumps & bulges: DIEP flap donor site morbidity

DIEP flaps are the gold standard against which all other breast reconstruction should be measured. The “best” breast may be the goal, but...

What’s driving trends in breast cancer reconstruction?

A diagnosis of cancer is a life changing moment. One of the main goals of breast reconstruction is to allow the restoration of normality...

Seeing is believing.

No matter how many pictures I draw, no matter how many photos a patient is shown, no matter how much research my patients do, there always...

Pre-operative CT scans for DIEP flaps: better, faster!

CT angiograms have had a huge impact on the way in which we perform DIEP flaps. By providing a clear idea of the position and quality of vessels...

The Breast Reconstruction Series #7: Alternative free-flap reconstructions

Options other than the DIEP flap for breast reconstruction are considered “secondary” choices, and with good reason. but...

Microsurgery and reality: what happens when DIEP flaps fail

I am a microsurgeon. In my hands, I believe that a DIEP flap can offer the best reconstruction possible. But what happens when it all goes wrong?

What women want?

Who is really making the important decisions when it comes to breast reconstruction?

Breast implants: when they work, and when they don’t.

Much of the focus when discussing breast reconstruction is on the DIEP flap. However, for some women, implant based reconstruction ...

The Breast Reconstruction Series #6 - benefits of the DIEP flap

The DIEP flap is the accepted “gold standard” in Breast Reconstruction. Whilst there are circumstances in which a DIEP is the wrong procedure for some pati

The Breast Reconstruction Series #5

We are asked often why there is now such a strong push towards autologous reconstruction, and DIEP flaps in particular. This is a discussion worth having,