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Over 500 DIEP flaps per year
Superior results
Excellent reputation
In network for most US insurance plans
NO balance billing
Patients treated from Texas, across the USA and all over the World

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PRMA of South Texas

9635 Huebner Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78240
Phone: 210-692-1181
Toll Free: 800-692-5565
Fax: 210-692-7584

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Breast Reconstruction Surgery - Your Options

Breast reconstruction surgery restores something that nature has provided but cancer has taken away. There is no age limit. Most women are candidates if the breast cancer is diagnosed at an early stage (stage I or II).

Women have many reconstruction options after breast cancer surgery (or prophylactic mastectomy). These range from implants to "autologous" techniques which use the patient's own tissue to recreate a "natural", warm, soft breast. The nipple and areola (the darker area surrounding the nipple) can also be recreated.

Immediate vs. Delayed Surgery

Immediate reconstruction is performed at the same time as the mastectomy. Once the general surgeon finishes the mastectomy, the plastic surgeon begins creating the new breast. Advantages include keeping the natural breast skin ("skin sparing mastectomy") and less scarring. The patient also wakes up "complete" and avoids the experience of a flat chest.

Delayed reconstruction usually takes place several months after the mastectomy. Patients should discuss all options with their surgeons to determine the best treatment plan. Patients having radiation after mastectomy may be advised to delay the surgery for the best cosmetic results. This delay may be for several months. This allows the chest tissues to heal as much as possible after the radiation.

Breast Reconstruction Options

Our board certified plastic surgeons are very experienced with all types of breast reconstruction, including microsurgical procedures using the patient's own tissue. To find out more about the options available at our San Antonio practice, please click the links below:

Muscle-sparing free TRAM Flap

Latissimus Flap

Breast Implants/Alloderm

Publications

Our surgical results are highlighted in many different medical journals including Seminars in Plastic Surgery, A New Decade in Breast Reconstruction which published our article "Breast Reconstruction in Private Practice." This article discusses PRMA's success in private practice.

Before and after Pictures

Please visit our Gallery to see breast reconstruction before and after photos.

DIEP Flap

If you would like to schedule a consultation with one of our San Antonio plastic surgeons, please contact us today.

Breast reconstruction surgery - PRMA is one of the busiest mastectomy reconstruction practices in the US . Our surgeons perform hundreds of operations in San Antonio every year. Patients are routinely welcomed from across Texas (including Austin, New Braunfels, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Arlington, El Paso, Laredo, San Angelo, and Corpus Christi), out-of-state, as well as from outside the USA (including Mexico). We are in-network for most US insurance plans.


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	If you would like to schedule a consultation with one of our San Antonio plastic surgeons, please contact us today.
	Breast reconstruction surgery - PRMA is one of the busiest mastectomy reconstruction practices in the US . Our surgeons perform hundreds of operations in San Antonio every year. Patients are routinely welcomed from across Texas (including Austin, New Braunfels, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Arlington, El Paso, Laredo, San Angelo, and Corpus Christi), out-of-state, as well as from outside the USA (including Mexico). We are in-network for most US insurance plans.