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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Breast Cancer / November 2008DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction And How To Find A DIEP Flap Surgeon
I came across a great article about <a target="_blank" href="http:// www.prma-enhance.com/index.cfm/PageID/4262">finding a DIEP flap surgeon</a> while I was researching breast reconstruction options. Thought others might benefit from it too: http://www.prma-enhance.com/index.cfm/PageID/4262 I personally found this article really useful. While there are plenty of DIEP flap surgeons across the country, I didn't realize so few of these "specialists" perform DIEP breast reconstruction routinely. Some docs advertizing the procedure have not necessarily performed that many DIEP flaps at all!! Not very comforting. The article above was very useful in educating me as to which questions to ask to ensure the surgeon we chose had the necessary experience. There are also a bunch of links in the article to other sites listing DIEP docs around the country (now that you know what questions to ask). Hope others find the article as useful as I did. The same website also has some good info about the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.prma-enhance.com/index.cfm/PageID/1754">DIEP flap</a> http://www.prma-enhance.com/index.cfm/PageID/1754 .... as well as <a target="_blank" href="http://www.prma-enhance.com/ index.cfm/PageID/1571">breast reconstruction options in general</a>: http://www.prma-enhance.com/index.cfm/PageID/1571 b I don't know who you are and even if you are a breast cancer survivor. The links look like commerical advertisement to me. I only know what is available in my area and only a small fraction of the qualifed surgeons where listed. >I came across a great article about <a target="_blank" href="http:// > www.prma-enhance.com/index.cfm/PageID/4262">finding a DIEP flap [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > b yeah, I wonder why anyone here couldn't google articles himself or herself. could be "advertizing" (sic) indeed. >I don't know who you are and even if you are a breast cancer survivor. The >links look like commerical advertisement to me. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >> b > yeah, I wonder why anyone here couldn't google articles himself or herself. > could be "advertizing" (sic) indeed. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > >> b No, not advertizing at all. We just had to spend a lot of time researching all of this as no-one in our area offered DIEP flap reconstruction. I was merely passing on something that I found very useful. While I found both the responses to my post rather cynical, I'm sorry if I caused any offense. That was certainly not the intention. b > No, not advertizing at all. We just had to spend a lot of time > researching all of this as no-one in our area offered DIEP flap > reconstruction. I was merely passing on something that I found very > useful. While I found both the responses to my post rather cynical, > I'm sorry if I caused any offense. That was certainly not the > intention. Hi b. Have you had your DIEP flap reconstruction yet? If so, would you tell us about the procedure, recovery, and so on, from your point of view? Thank you, Ixia Are you in US? Where? In Canada? In US if you're on the east coast, you want to look up Dr. Joshua Levine. He is an exceptional Plastic Surgeon in NYC. I've seen him work and I was very impressed with him. Although he is in private practice (at least he was when I was there) and not associated with any big name institutions, he is probably one of the best in US. His partner, Bob Allen, is the man who invented DIEP and I think he now works out of NYU (but with Levine you get Levine operating on you, not residents) If you're on the west coast, you want to check out the Buncke Clinic in SF. There are many people advertising DIEPs in SF but Buncke is the best. Finally, MD Anderson in Texas has several surgeons who would be pretty good in DIEPS. In Canada you want Ed Buchel or Tom Hayakawa out of Winnipeg. Hand down amongst the best in the world of DIEP flaps. |
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