Jul 28, 2022 | Health and Wellness, Surgery
You’ve had your consultation with our surgeons and a surgery date has been coordinated for you. Now what? It’s time for our surgery scheduling staff to ask your insurance company for Pre-Certification and/or Pre-Authorization. If you’ve had a diagnosis of breast...
Apr 11, 2022 | Breast Reconstruction, DIEP Procedure, Reconstruction, Surgery
Regardless of when you may have had your mastectomy, natural breast reconstruction is available to most women. The correct timing of reconstruction is determined on a case-by-case basis by the patient and their team of physicians (their plastic surgeon, breast...
Mar 11, 2022 | Breast Reconstruction, DIEP Procedure, Reconstruction, Surgery
A history of abdominal surgery doesn’t necessarily mean you’re unable to have DIEP flap breast reconstruction. This decision is determined on a case-by-case basis that depends on your personal surgical history and its effects on your abdominal area. Abdominal...
Jan 28, 2022 | Breast Reconstruction, Health & Wellness, Reconstruction, Surgery
Myth 2: I Can’t Have Natural Breast Reconstruction Because I Don’t Have Enough Abdominal Tissue to Spare. Women without excess abdominal tissue have been candidates for natural breast reconstruction for over two decades. Further innovations in the field of...
Jan 18, 2022 | Breast Reconstruction, Reconstruction, Surgery
Myth 1: Breast reconstruction is considered a cosmetic procedure. Breast reconstruction surgery is performed by a plastic surgeon, but it isn’t considered cosmetic (aesthetic) surgery. And while cosmetic surgery is plastic surgery, plastic surgery isn’t just...
Jan 6, 2022 | All Things Charleston, Surgery
Planning Questions Before Traveling to South Carolina for Surgery I’m planning for the week of my surgery. I need to prepare my transportation to South Carolina, make hotel arrangements after my hospital stay, estimate when I can return to my home state, how...
