The use of expander and breast implant for reconstruction after mastectomy

In our tertiary Plastic surgery unit the number of breast reconstruction patients is rapidly increasing due to better patient education provided by general practitioners, oncologist surgeons and enhanced media coverage. The yet unfinished trend presents us with a high volume of cases seen at a joint meeting of oncology and reconstruction surgeons where treatment options in terms of reconstruction are discussed. We have noticed that more and more patients have rather firm inclination towards certain type of reconstruction, many decidable decline free tissue transfer. We usually inform the patient on other treatme…