Women’s and Children’s Health Update: Breast Reconstruction

In this episode:
 
– The recommendation that we offer the opportunity for breast reconstruction to all women post breast cancer surgery
– The pros and cons of immediate and delayed breast reconstruction
– The best way to manage the original breast surgery to optimise the chances of the most natural reconstructed breast
– Breast reconstruction after bilateral prophylactic for women with a genetic predisposition for breast cancer

 
 
Host: Dr Terri Foran, Sexual Health Physician; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, UNSW

Guest: Dr Joe Dusseldorp, Specialist Plastic Surgeon, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, North Shore Private, Hunters Hill Private and Concord Hospital

Total time: 23 mins
 
Recommended Resources:
– Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
– Joe Dusseldorp’s Website
– Reclaim your Curves
– DiepCfoundation
– TED Talk Joe Dusseldorp: Personalizing medicine – how technology is making the incurable curable
 
 
 
 

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