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The surgery involves the skin displacement and fat located in the lower portion of the abdominal wall in-between the umbilicus and the pubic hair (the same tissue is removed during an operation abdominoplasty for aesthetic reasons) – the area of the breast that has been the mastectomy with the purpose of restoring it. The skin from the abdomen area is the most ideal skin for rehabilitation, as it resembles the normal breast both in color and in the composition of fat (soft and supple) and is therefore considered the best restoration that one can offer to patients of.
Additionally, the most important of this method is that the graft is preserved for a lifetime without problems, is diminished subsequently with the rest of the body and is hot and soft as a normal breast. Autologous transplantation (tissue transplantation from our own body) is done by rejoining the flaps / skin of the abdomen into the breast area using the microsurgery method. If done as an immediate rehabilitation surgery at the same time as a mastectomy procedure, then the skin of the breast is usually preserved and the skin of the abdominal area is used to give shape to the breast as well as form the nipple.
In the event that an Ultimate Restoration is to be carried out then the abdominal skin is used to create the new skin of the removed breast. Mr. Constantinos Benetatos is a well-trained plastic surgeon in this type of surgery, having been trained in special centers abroad for many years, performing weekly surgical interventions using abdominal implants in both private and public hospitals. Its success rates are more than ninety-six percent (96%) with extremely aesthetic results. This operation, having an established team of partners, lasts from six to eight hours (6-8) [earlier it lasted eight to ten (8-10) hours] allowing for a faster recovery of patients and a reduction in their stay in the hospital .
The concept of microsurgery involves tissue transplantation by welding vessels (arteries and veins) having a diameter of less than 3-4 millimeters below the magnification of an electron microscope. This is the most modern technique in the field of restoration in the framework of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. Regarding the application of microsurgery in the context of breast reconstruction, it is done by welding the vessels of the abdominal skin with the vessels in the breast area, thus giving life again to the flap (skin and fat) that has already been removed from the abdomen . The vessels to reach the skin and belly fat pass through the muscles of the abdominal wall.
In most cases, it is possible to keep the anatomy of the area intact when the graft is taken, where all the right abdominal muscles remain in the abdomen, while in the remaining cases some or all of the muscles are removed along with the vessels to ensure proper blood flow flap and its survival. In the first case that all of the muscles will remain behind, the flap is called DIEP (Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator flap) and in cases where the muscles around these vessels are removed, then the flap is called TRAM (Transverse Rectus Abdominis Muscle Flap) or Ms-TRAM (Muscle Sparing Transverse Rectus Abdominis Muscle Flap – Absolute Abdominis Muscle Flap with Partial Muscle Removal). Apart from the small difference in muscle removal or not, this is essentially the same surgery. Mr. Constantinos Benetatos realizes the DIEP method, which is also considered to be the world’s leading method of breast reconstruction – in seventy-five percent (75%) of patients.
It is considered worldwide as the most successful breast reconstruction surgery with a success rate of ninety nine percent (99%).
It is usually five days, and the duration of the surgery from 6 to 8 (6-8) hours.
Patients will need to stay bedded for two days during which a bladder catheter will be required.
After three to four days they will be able to move, and after ten to fourteen days they will walk without feeling any inconvenience.
At the end of four weeks of recovery, patients will be able to exercise and after two to three months they will have fully recovered and will be able to return to their workplace.
The bandages that patients have on the chest and abdomen should stay for a week, and it is recommended to use an elastic band of abdomen that will stay for four weeks.
There is also a probability of about six percent (6%) of postoperative problems such as abdominal pain and swelling, skin inflammation, fluid collection, wound disruption and possible post-operative herniation.
There is also a probability of about five percent (5%) appearance of small nodules in the breast that are nothing but fatty cysts (deadly fat) and partial or complete failure of the surgery.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or wish to be informed about the cost of the operation, whether you have security or not.
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