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Breast Reconstruction - Denver, Colorado
Breast Reconstruction: What A Woman Should Consider
Each year over 180,000 new cases of
breast cancer will be diagnosed. With
that comes the emotion of confronting
the disease head on, and the education
of finding the best choices and resources
available today.Â
The good news is women are surviving breast cancer, and getting back to their normal lives at a much quicker pace than ever before. According to the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the five-year survival rate for women diagnosed with breast cancer today is 90 percent. And when breast cancer is confined to the breast, the five-year survival rate jumps up to 98 percent. Most will live a full life and never have recurrence.
While every woman is unique in their treatment, undoubtedly many will face the necessity of a mastectomy. A mastectomy will remove tissue and possibly the nipple-areolar complex, depending on the severity of the disease.
After a mastectomy, a woman will have many options available to her; what’s right for one won’t necessarily be right for another. She may choose to wear external breast forms or pads. She may choose breast reconstruction, using either breast implants or her own tissue. Or she may choose to do nothing at all.
With today’s advances in plastic surgery techniques, breast reconstruction is a viable option for many women.
To maintain as little change as possible, our own Dr Williams recommends immediate reconstruction procedures to reduce the trauma of having a breast removed, as well as the expense and discomfort of having two major operations.
Breast reconstruction is used to restore anatomy and symmetry to a woman’s figure. It’s used not only to change a woman’s physical appearance, but to also provide her with psychological benefits as well.
Because breast reconstruction after mastectomy is part of the treatment of the disease, and not an elected cosmetic surgery, most health insurance companies will pay the major portion of the cost of the procedure.
It is also possible to do reconstruction months or even years later, especially if a woman is undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatments. If you’re ready to discuss your options and determine which procedure is the right step for you, contact us today.For the sake of discretion, we have elected not to put pre and post op photos at this site.
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