Keith A. Hinshaw, M.D., F.A.C.S., will be discussing the current surgical treatments associated with breast cancer. Keith A. Hinshaw, M.D., F.A.C.S., will be discussing the current surgical treatments associated with breast cancer. Our guest this hour is Dr. Keith Hinshaw, who will be discussing Surgical Breast Care. Dr. Hinshaw currently works at the Crittenton Medical Center in Rochester, MI and is an expert on contemporary surgical procedures associated with breast cancer. Dr. Hinshaw, welcome to the show.
Mastectomy is the removal of the entire breast, done in most cases for breast cancer.
The reconstruction is an optional thing that can be done at the time of the mastectomy or in a delayed fashion, months later. Reconstruction is typically done by a plastic surgeon. Most times the breast surgeon will work with the plastic surgeon, especially in immediate reconstruction, under the same anesthesia. It can be done with a saline implant or build the breast with your own muscle tissue, taken from the abdominal or chest wall. Immediate reconstruction does sometimes complicate the healing of the mastectomy.