My Mother's sister has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Her cousin died of breast cancer under 50 and my grandmother had ovarian cancer. With this family history would I be elidgible for a double mastectomy and reconstruction? Would there even be a chance of insurance covering this?
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August 6, 2013
Answer: Elective Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction
In order to harvest tissue from the abdomen for use in breast reconstruction, the rectus abdominus ("6-pack") muscles must often be dissected. This allows the surgeon to follow the perforating blood vessels from the deep blood vessels (in this case, the Deep Inferior Epigastric artery) to the...
I find that the appearance and volume of the expander do not always match what the final appearance with the implant will be. Frequently you have to do a capsulotomy( cut the internal tissue) and this provides more room for the implant so it may look smaller. I have never seen someone of your...
