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Article: Immediate breast reconstruction using expander implants is highly successful.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- March 18, 2003
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2003 MAR 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immediate breast reconstruction using expander implants is highly successful.
According to recent research from England, "Immediate breast reconstruction is offered to the majority of women requiring a mastectomy for cancer treatment. Improvements in implant technology have seen the evolution of shaped, fixed volume implants, and permanent expanders. The theoretical benefits of biodimensional anatomical expander implants include better reconstructed breast form, the potential for achieving this at a single procedure, and the avoidance of a contralateral procedure as a result of improved ipsilateral cosmesis."
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