EXPANDER REMOVAL  AND MICROSURGICAL RECON-N WITH SOFT AND NATURALLY LOOKING  ABDOMINAL TISSUE  (DIEP  FLAP)
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EXPANDER REMOVAL AND MICROSURGICAL RECON-N WITH SOFT AND NATURALLY LOOKING ABDOMINAL TISSUE (DIEP FLAP)

Published by Elena Prousskaia Elena Prousskaia
EXPANDER REMOVAL  AND MICROSURGICAL RECON-N WITH SOFT AND NATURALLY LOOKING  ABDOMINAL TISSUE  (DIEP  FLAP)
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Patient presented with painful and encapsulated expander after mastectomy and radiotherapy.Expander was removed together with thick capsule around it and breast was rebuilt wit soft and naturally looking abdominal tissue (DIEP flap).

Patient now can finally wear the bra, feels comfortable in her cloths and is not experiencing constant pain and discomfort caused by capsular contracture around expander anymore.