Session: Breast reconstruction question and answer panel #2

Moderator: Joshua Levine, MD
Speakers: Roger Khouri, MD; Richard Kline, MD; Michael Koch, MD; Helen Kraus, MD

This 90-minute concurrent session will allow participants to ask panelists questions about different options for breast reconstruction after mastectomy and will also focus on surgical revisions. Panelists will answer questions about:

• benefits and limitations of each type of reconstruction option
• immediate and delayed reconstruction
• flap and implant reconstruction
• expanders followed by implant exchange surgery vs. direct-to-implant options
• recovery time and expectations after reconstruction
• possible complications with flap reconstruction
• immediate and long-term complications with reconstruction and ways to repair surgical complications
  

This session is appropriate for:

• women who are considering or need to undergo mastectomy and immediate
  or delayed reconstruction
• family, friends, relatives, and loved ones of women who need to undergo mastectomy
  and/or reconstruction
• health care providers who care for women who need to undergo mastectomy and/or
  reconstruction
• mental health care professionals who care for women who need to undergo
  mastectomy and/or reconstruction
  

Close Window