On September 4, 2012, I underwent the DIEP Flap reconstruction. The results are better than I’d expected. I feel good about myself, especially knowing that it’s all me. No artificial implants. I like to say that PRMA gave me back what Cancer stole from me.
On September 4, 2012, I underwent the DIEP Flap reconstruction. The results are better than I’d expected. I feel good about myself, especially knowing that it’s all me. No artificial implants. I like to say that PRMA gave me back what Cancer stole from me.
Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Patient Reviews Sandra March 2022 Dr. Arishita is an amazing surgeon. I am a 12 year breast cancer thriver. I had a bilateral mastectomy with DIEP flap breast reconstruction. I am completely satisfied with the end results of my reconstruction. Thank you Dr. Arishita and your amazing team! via Facebook […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Patient Reviews Kelsey October 2022 Nothing but amazing things to say about PRMA!! If you are looking for the best place to go for reconstructive breast surgery, look no further! The associates who make up PRMA have dedicated their careers and lives to be able to give their patients only […]
I began to look for options for reconstruction. I wanted reconstruction but due to the radiation treatments, I had few options. Only tissue transfer would work and I have a bleeding disorder. Most surgeons that I met with did not want to take the risk. I needed experts, but had become too tired to keep searching.
Was I really going to this? What would I look like? Who voluntarily does this I thought to myself…. I do!! This is to save my life.
That’s when I heard about another procedure called the DIEP flap. That stands for Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator. In this procedure very little – if any – muscle is removed. The perforating vessels, along with the overlying flesh, are removed – but the muscle is left in place. The recovery time is quicker, but the surgery is much more involved, and it takes a microsurgery expert to perform it.
Getting breast cancer is not usually considered a gift but maybe getting the right treatment for it is a unique kind of gift.
I had my bilateral mastectomy and immediate DIEP flap the day before my birthday in September of 2010. I told the hospital staff that this was my birthday present; getting rid of cancer, getting a breast reduction and getting a tummy tuck. I thought I would be terrified, but everyone had told me how great Dr. Ledoux was and how wonderful the hospital staff was, so after Dr. Ledoux prayed with me, I was ready to go.
Shellie Shares Her DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction Experience May 13, 2020 Share on Facebook Twitter Linkedin Bilateral Mastectomy with Immediate DIEP Flap Reconstruction Shellie shares her experience with having DIEP flap breast reconstruction performed at PRMA Plastic Surgery. My issues began in 2007 when a biopsy came back with atypical ductal hyperplasia in the right […]
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