TITLE:
Saudi Arabia, Breast Plastic Surgery, Breast Construction
AUTHORS:
Bassam Ahmed ALmutlaq, Mohammad Al-Qattan, Raed Dawood Almansour, Awad Nafel Al Harbi, Ali Dawood Almansour, Omar Abdullah AL-Noqaidan, Abdul Rahman Ali Al-Sogair, Abdullah Abdulaziz Bin Jariyd, Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed
KEYWORDS:
Options in Breast Reconstruction and Plastic Surgery in Regard to Surgeon Perceptions and Patients Acceptance in Saudi Arabia
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Plastic Surgery,
Vol.7 No.4,
October
31,
2017
ABSTRACT: In this review article, various preferences in breast plastic surgery particularly
after breast cancer will be discussed in view of the diverse indications for the
different construction procedures. The various conditions that necessitate the need
for reconstruction are appraised, the important reconstructive procedures are discussed.
The most important indications procedures discussed in this review include; Prophylactic
subcutaneous mastectomy, Lumpectomy and Radiation, Modified Mastectomy with Axillary
Sampling, Nipple reconstruction, and the contralateral breast. These procedures
are discussed in view of plastic surgeon practice and patients acceptability in
Saudi Arabia. Data from Saudi Arabia in particular was identified through searches
of the EMBASE, and MEDLINE database, using the keywords: Saudi Arabia, breast plastic
Surgery, breast reconstruction, autologous breast reconstruction, breast augmentation.
Advances in prosthetic technologies and modifications
in autologous flap techniques, and the development of novel tissue alternatives
have allowed for sustained developments in breast reconstruction results. A variety
of attitudes has been accessible for addressing the difficulties that endure after
resection of breast cancer in Saudi Arabia. Patients should be educated to accept
different process in this context.