What is the difference between a matopexy and mastectomy?

November 20, 2016
Asked By:mae1214 in Houston, TX

So I am having surgery on march 14,2017 and I keep forming capsular contracture on my breast so the surgeon told me that she was going to do an capsuletomy with an immediate insertion of a breast prosthesis following a mastopexy, or mastectomy what exactly does that means I know its a reconstruction but I'm not sure on what exactly that means the explaining she said I didn't really understand

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