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The Complete Guide to Breast Reconstruction, fifth edition

Choosing the Best Options after Your Mastectomy

The definitive guide to breast reconstruction—now completely revised and updated.

For more than twenty years, The Complete Guide to Breast Reconstruction (formerly The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook) has been an essential resource for individuals who are undergoing mastectomy and considering breast reconstruction. In this revised edition, two-time breast cancer survivor Kathy Steligo covers the critical information you need, from finding the right surgeon to considering options and making informed decisions.

Anyone considering a mastectomy faces a perplexing array of issues, questions, and decisions in their treatment options. This updated and expanded edition provides a comprehensive road map of the entire mastectomy and reconstruction experience. Steligo explains the advantages and disadvantages of postmastectomy options, including staying flat, using prostheses, and undergoing reconstruction with breast implants or a patient's own tissue. The extensively updated text includes new information on

• The benefits and limitations of traditional versus advanced procedures
• How mastectomy affects sensation, scarring, and projection
• What to expect from nipple-sparing mastectomy
• How reconstruction restores shape, size, and projection
• The pros and cons of saline and silicone breast implants
• The differences between muscle-sparing and muscle-sacrificing natural tissue reconstruction
• Improving results with fat grafting
• 3-D nipple tattooing
• How radiation therapy impacts reconstruction
• Male mastectomy and reconstruction
• The physical and emotional effects of surgery and recovery

Featuring before-and-after patient photos, expert commentaries, and patient stories, this guide describes the mastectomy and reconstructive journey from research to recovery so readers can make informed decisions about what is best for them.

About the Author

Kathy Steligo (SAN CARLOS, CA) is the coauthor of Living with Hereditary Cancer Risk and The Breast Cancer Book. She is a two-time breast cancer survivor.

Endorsements

"For more than 20 years, FORCE has recommended this essential resource to anyone who is considering a mastectomy to prevent or treat breast cancer. This updated version is the single most important resource available."

- Sue Friedman, Founder, Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered

"A guiding light in your journey to wellness, this is the definitive work on breast reconstruction for those facing mastectomy. Twenty years after the book's first edition, countless readers have been empowered by the voice within that speaks as a trusted friend who's been there."

- Frank J. DellaCroce, Founding Partner, Center for Restorative Breast Surgery
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Living with Hereditary Cancer Risk

Kathy Steligo, Sue Friedman, DVM, and Allison W. Kurian, MD
Sep 2022 - Johns Hopkins University Press
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$49.99 USD - Hardback

The Breast Cancer Book

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Sep 2021 - Johns Hopkins University Press
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Aug 2017 - Johns Hopkins University Press
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The Foot Book, second edition

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