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So lovely to see one of our patients back today. She has had mammoplasty (breast lift/reduction) to remove a cancerous change in her breast and to lift both sides. Lovely to see the anxious, nervous, scared patient we first saw now looking full of life and happy. This is the biggest card EVER 😆 Thankyou for all your feedback to Millie our practice manager and to Kate our breast care nurse and Donna my anaesthetist. This is not to say the patient has had things all her own way, she had a nasty allergy to the glue and had a difficult time with rash and itching on the breasts for two weeks which has now settled, revealing perky, soft rejuvenated breasts.
Revisional surgery is probably the surgery we enjoy the most, it’s definitely the most challenging but also can be the most rewarding for us and the patient. Patients need revisional surgery for all sorts of reasons, but they all have previous experience of breast surgery and breast surgeons. Revisional surgery requires a different skill set to surgery performed the first time, and needs careful planning and discussion on what the patient wants to improve, and what can actually be achieved. This patient had implants that were too large for her frame, sitting too high and were very hard and uncomfortable due to capsule formation. We took out the old implants and capsules, placed new tear drop implants that fitted the patients frame and breast footprint, and also reduced the projection of her nipples by about half. She felt her nipples were too big after breastfeeding so we removed half of their projection to make them fit better on her breast aesthetic. ❤️❤️ Big 🙌 to our patient for allowing us to share her pictures so that other patients know what results they can expect.
We have a new book chapter published today if anyone fancies having a read! This was an invitation from the editors to submit a chapter about breast localisation devices, we wrote a chapter on Advances in Breast Lesion Localisation: Evidence- based Technologies and Future Directions. Book chapters are a really good way of our junior surgeons getting a line on their cv and getting some experience of medical writing. Thanks to Vidya and Nisha the brains behind the book for all their hard work in putting the book together.
Monday was spent at the kind invitation of the BAPRAS (British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons) education course in Sheffield. It really was an honour to be invited by the plastic surgeons to talk about breast oncoplastic surgery. There is huge overlap and synergism of working between breast and plastic surgeons so it was lovely to be invited and to continue to promote working together. I was talking about implant reconstruction, mammoplasty and also doing four workshops on the use of local perforator flaps to fill defects after lumpectomy. Brilliantly organised course and a credit to BAPRAS to have 80 trainees at the course. 🙌🙌🙌🙌
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Lovely feedback for Professor Harvey and his Breast Care nurse Kate 😊. Such a great team!
Happy Friday 🌞🌻
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This article demonstrates that patients are increasingly turning to AI tools for healthcare advice. Use is more common in younger patients, showing the use of search engines, websites and chat bots such as ChatGPT. Most commonly patients were looking for healthcare information on health conditions, medications, treatment options and self diagnosis. Our patients are definitely using it and we also use it in our care. Some insights from us would be;
- I think it is excellent for finding oncology treatment options: to get accurate information consider searching for specific UK or US guidance eg “tell me what the UK guidance would be for adjuvant treatments for a 62year old post menopausal woman with a 17mm grace two ductal cancer, oestrogen positive her 2 negative breast cancer”
- it’s great for something with specific guidance eg eligibility. For specific treatments or genetic testing
- it’s great when their is clear data or information on a topic
♥️ ♥️ this gave us all a lift this morning. Patient experience is definitely a team effort. I am very blessed to have such a great team which starts with Millie my practice manager who supports my patients and me in equal measure. I may be the person at the front but I know my patients appreciate much more than I alone offer them. We try to offer calmness, warmth and excellent care at the most stressful time for women and their families, and it’s wonderful and affirming to hear patients appreciate and reflect back the genuine care that comes from our team. ❤️❤️
Grazie mille to the Instituto di Candiolo Turin for a fantastic course learning a variation and improvement to our nipple sparing mastectomy techniques. Performing our nipple sparing mastectomies endoscopically will enable us to do implant reconstructions through a smaller 3cm incision which is away from the breast. A normal nipple sparing technique is tricky for the surgeon as scars are bigger than 3cm but still not large, it’s hard to get access and light to where you need to cut. Endoscopic assistance means good light, a great view and a comfy seat! What does it mean for patients? Small hidden scars and potentially better sensation on the reconstructed breast. Really excited to be able to offer this option to women with smaller A-C cup breasts in the near future 🙌
Breast reduction surgery is one of the most common cosmetic procedures we do. This patient was keen to share her before and after photos to allow other women to know what to expect under our care. This is a woman who has had a tough year and struggled with the weight and appearance of her breasts. Breast reduction surgery is always a compromise, reducing the weight and size of the breasts and improving the look of breasts in (and potentially out of) clothes but putting scars on the breast and changing the breast and nipple sensation. In these photos she is a couple of months out and the scars are still slightly pink so she is going to use silicone scar tape on the scars. #breastreductionmanchester #breastreductioncheshire Massive thanks to this patient 🙏🏻
“There are truly no words that feel quite enough to express my gratitude. This has helped to restore my confidence and a sense of wholeness and a deep personal part of my womanhood. Thankyou for your expertise, exceptional skill and warm gentle compassion. What you do changes lives in ways that reach far beyond the operating theatre and I will always carry heartfelt appreciation for the part you have played in my chapter and journey of life. Thankyou …” 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻. This……makes the sacrifices all worth it. This is why we do it.
Spent a lovely couple of days in central Manchester at the Prevent Breast Cancer Research Conference. Well done to the Charity team and faculty for putting on an event promoting breast cancer prevention and research and building a community of clinicians and researchers across the Uk and wider to work together. My highlights were a great talk on robotic mastectomy, updates on the Jewish BRCA testing programme, insights on the way family history clinics are managed in the UK (Breast Cancer Now) and the best lunches I’ve ever had at a conference!!!! 😋
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Such lovely feedback from ladys who are already going through a difficult time 🙏. Thank you for your kind words. ☺️.
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