A breast cancer survivor has said a long wait for reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy is stopping her moving forward with her life. Mother-of-one Christy Esslemont, 46, of Aberdeen, had a ...

Your care team will review each of the stages with you and what you need to be prepared for this process. In stage one of breast reconstruction, your medical team will need to prepare your chest ...

Many women with breast cancer want to have a bilateral mastectomy even if they only have one breast affected by cancer. No matter what you choose, there are support groups, doctors and even tattoo ...

Thanks to a newly developed surgical robot, reconstructive surgery can be performed more safely and accurately in the future. This is also expected to lead to fewer complications and faster patient ...

Plastic surgery, often associated with aesthetics, is grounded in reconstructive surgery, celebrated on July 15 in honor of Sushruta. Techniques such as microsurgery address deformities, trauma, ...