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San Antonio Business Journal

Video highlights PRMA Plastic Surgery as one of San Antonio's Healthcare Heroes

San Antonio Business Journal

PRMA Plastic Surgery wins Healthcare Innovator Award for innovative technology...

MD News

Breast cancer can be a devastating diagnosis for many women, and the thought of being permanently disfigured after a mastectomy only compounds that devastation.

by: Brandy Korman
NSIDE MD

As breast cancer cases continue to rise, more women can make informed decisions and feel empowered by learning about their breast reconstruction options.

by: Minas Chrysopoulo, MD
MD News

Breast reconstruction not only allows patients to feel whole and restored, but also provides a renewed sense of hope after battling breast cancer.

KSAT 12
PRMA Plastic Surgery is supporting a bill in Congress that will require doctors to inform breast cancer patients of their breast reconstruction options.

 

Women have many breast reconstruction options after mastectomy or lumpectomy. These range from breast implants to techniques that use teh patient's own tissue to recreate a...
by: Wendy Rigby
KENS5
PRMA Plastic Surgery in San Antonio, TX has been recognized as a national hub for innovative breast reconstruction surgery.
 

 

 

by: Wendy Rigby
KENS5
PRMA Plastic Surgeon Dr. Peter Ledoux discusses breast reconstruction options after mastectomy.
by: Jim Forsyth
WOAI/1200 News
Voluntary mastectomy as undergone by Sharon Osbourne, becoming more common.

 

by: Jim Forsyth
WOAI/1200 News
Reconstruction relieves women of fear of mutilation due to breast cancer. 

 

DeLeon Dialogue
Interview with award winning Dr. Minas Chrysopoulo
KSAT 12 News San Antonio
by: Leslie Mouton
KSAT 12
KSAT Anchor Leslie Mouton reflects on breast cancer diagnosis and reconstruction.

 

Yahoo! News
PRMA Unveils New Interactive Website to Better Educate Women About Their Reconstructive Options

 

News 4 WOAI San Antonio
News 4 WOAI
New breast cancer surgery helps restore women's bodies and confidence.
by: Marie Grimaldi
American Society of Plastic Surgery Journal
Bipartisan legislation could significantly and positively impact breast cancer patients.
PR Web
Only 30 percent of American women are aware of their breast reconstruction options. "BRA Day" aims to change that.
 
 
 

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PR Web
Research says DIEP flap surgery is one of the safer breast reconstructive options in patients with a BMI up to 40.

 

 

by: Brandy Korman
Express News
San Antonio support group creates online community to help women throughout their breast cancer and reconstruction journey.
Life is a Carnival - FORCE
PR Web
PRMA is sponsoring effort to inform and educate breast cancer patients about their options after mastectomy.

Scientific Articles

Pisano SM, Ledoux PR, Nastala CL. Seminars in Plastic Surgery, A New Decade in Breast Reconstruction. 18(2), 2004 May.

Improving the efficiency of the free TRAM

Chrysopoulo MT, Pisano S, Ledoux PR, Nastala CL. Improving the efficiency of the free TRAM. Plastic Surgical Forum. XXIII:423-424;2000 Oct.

Szymula von Richter TP, Chrysopoulo MT, Eaves FF, Nahai F, Bostwick J III.

Book Chapters

Free TRAM Breast Reconstruction

Nastala CL, Chrysopoulo MT, Pisano SP, Ledoux P. Free TRAM Breast Reconstruction.
In: Scott Spear (ed): Surgery of the Breast, Third Edition. 2010.

Breast Sarcoma

Miller AR, Chew HK, Zellers R, Nastala CL, Sharkey F. Breast Sarcoma. In Cancer Therapy 2002

Chrysopoulo MT, Desvigne L. The classification of flaps. eMedicine.com: Plastic Surgery [serial online]. 2001.

Experimental Basis for Endoscopic Tissue Harvest

Szymula von Richter TP, Eaves FF, Nahai F, Bostwick J III, Chrysopoulo MT, Staffenberg D, Williams KJ, Baumeister RGH, von Gregory HC, Porrozzi L. Experimental Basis for...

In Plastic Surgical Secrets

Nastala CL, Shestak KC. Breast Reconstruction. In Plastic Surgical Secrets, Weinzweig, J. ed., Hanley and Belfus, Philadelphia, 254-258, 1999

Patient Information Articles

by: Anne Connor
ANEW Magazine