WASHINGTON (7News) — Every year, thousands of women undergo reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy, due to breast cancer. But now, health insurance companies are changing the way they reimburse ...

The federal government is reconsidering a decision that breast cancer patients, plastic surgeons, and members of Congress have protested would limit women's options for reconstructive surgery. On June ...

Federal regulators have abandoned a plan that physicians, patients and advocacy groups for breast cancer patients feared would limit women's options for reconstructive surgery. The controversy ...

ATLANTA - Jamie Cooper of Scottdale, Georgia, has done the math and says she has been to at least 150 medical appointments since she was diagnosed with triple positive breast cancer June 30, 2022. She ...

The Surgeons at Florida Plastic Surgery Group Detail How the DIEP Flap Technique Can Provide Natural Looking and Feeling Results for Women Interested in Breast Reconstruction Joseph Parks, MD; Ankit R ...

Patient N H was a female in her 40s and had previously suffered from breast cancer, but had fought the disease successfully. As part of the treatment, she had her left breast removed and she wanted to ...

DIEP flap is a breast reconstruction procedure that uses tissue from the lower abdomen to make a new breast mound. The delicate blood vessels called deep inferior epigastric perforators (DIEP) are ...

(04-09) 15:32 PDT SAN FRANCISCO-- When Lori MacKenzie was diagnosed with breast cancer in the fall of 2010, her immediate impulse was to schedule a double mastectomy with implants because that offered ...

A breast cancer diagnosis takes both an emotional and physical toll on a patient. And when women undergo a double mastectomy, they may have concerns about their appearance or feelings of inadequacy. A ...

The tissue and fat from your tummy is used to create the new breasts I had decided to opt for the DIEP Flap reconstruction, something that Mediclinic Welcare now offers with Dr Jamil and a visiting ...