Healty | Nipple Delay Surgery

Angelina Jolie late shared her BRCA+ diagnosis as well as brave conclusion to undergo security nipple-sparing mastectomy as well as immediate thorax reconstruction. As piece of employment of her surgery, she underwent a nipple delay procedure.

So what is a "nipple delay"?

Most patients usage non necessitate a delay procedure. It's genuinely performed quite rarely. It tin forcefulness out soundless live a adept choice for patients who desire nipple-sparing mastectomy but are at high adventure for nipple necrosis. High adventure patients include smokers, patients alongside moderate to pregnant thorax ptosis (sagging), and patients alongside a history of previous thorax surgical physical care for (eg thorax reduction or lift).

Nipple delay is commonly performed 7-21 days earlier the nipple-sparing mastectomy. The nipple-areolar complex as well as a rim of surrounding thorax peel is elevated off the underlying thorax gland. This disconnects all the ducts connecting the thorax tissue to the nipple as well as likewise cuts off the blood render to the nipple as well as areola from the underlying thorax tissue. At this point, the nipple-areolar complex is solely kept live past times the blood render from the surrounding skin.

Over the side past times side 1 - iii weeks, this remaining blood render becomes much to a greater extent than robust as well as the blood time period to the nipple-areola from the surrounding peel increases. This improved blood render makes the subsequent nipple-sparing mastectomy safer as well as decreases the adventure of nipple-areolar necrosis (tissue death) as well as injure healing complications.

The physical care for is combined alongside a subareolar biopsy to ensure at that spot are no cancer cells involving the nipple-areolar complex. If the subareolar biopsy reveals malignancy, the nipple as well as areoala are removed at the fourth dimension of mastectomy. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is likewise commonly performed at the same fourth dimension every bit the nipple delay physical care for if it is indicated.

Nipple delay does non decrease the adventure of hereafter thorax cancer. As long every bit the subareolar biopsy is negative, the adventure of hereafter thorax cancer is real depression as well as is the same every bit alongside criterion nipple-sparing mastectomy.

Nipple delay is commonly covered past times insurance if it is medically justified as well as the mastectomy is covered.

I promise this information helps.

Dr C

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