Barrington AlloDerm doctors
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Christopher V. Pelletiere, MD
Barrington Plastic Surgeon
1602 Colonial Parkway, Inverness |
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This is being tauted widely as the best breast reconstruction procedure out there for women to get through this terrifying and tramatic experience.
Unfortunately, many doctors do NOT know how to do this procedure yet, hence it is not widely available leaving patients to not be able to have it as an option insurance-wise. I have never heard anyone say anything about Alloderm not being sterile and not wanting to put it near an implant. Can you please elaborate?
Alloderm really is now the standard or care with any sort of immediate breast reconstruction utilizing tissue expanders/implants. If a surgeon is not familiar with the techniques, then they probably do not do alot of breast reconstructiuons. Alloderm spares some muscle dissection, really helps secure the expander/implnat, and really helps with the inframammary fold area.
The rates of infection are extremely low, and their really should be no rejection of the tissue even though it is human derived. I have used Alloderm hundreds of time against expanders and implants without problems. I hope this helps.
What is the success rate of using Alloderm to correct Symmastia?
Synmastia repair is one of the hardest things to reliably correct and get a stable, long term result. Luckily it is rare, but for those of us who specialize in revision breast surgeries, it is the most challenging. The use of Alloderm or Strattice has become common place, and really helps to reinforce the medial areas and helps define where the implants are going to sit. It is not always necessary, but can be a very powerful adjunct to repairing the pocket/ muscle/ etc.