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What to Expect: Immediate Reconstruction

Your reconstructive surgery will begin at the time of your mastectomy. After the general surgeon removes your breast tissue, your plastic surgeon will begin the reconstructive process. With an implant, you'll have either a one-stage or two-stage reconstruction procedure.

One-Stage Breast Reconstruction

MENTOR one stage breast reconstruction

Immediately after your general surgeon removes any cancerous breast tissue, your plastic surgeon will place your breast implant(s). This type of procedure is an option if you've had a nipple-sparing mastectomy, meaning the nipple is not removed and the majority of the breast skin is preserved.

Two-Stage Breast Reconstruction

A combination of procedures helps to gradually create a space in your chest tissue for a breast implant. The most common approach includes a tissue expander followed by placement of a breast implant – allowing for the most flexibility in shaping the breast.

1st stage delayed breast reconstruction

First Stage

Your surgeon will surgically insert a tissue expander, and slowly expand the device to create space for an implant. Typically, you'll meet with your plastic surgeon on a regular basis to fill the expander with sterile saline to gradually stretch the skin.

2nd stage delayed breast reconstruction

Second Stage

Once the breast pocket reaches the desired size, your surgeon will perform a second surgery to remove the tissue expander and replace it with the breast implant. If a mastectomy was only performed on one breast, you might choose to have the other breast augmented to achieve symmetry.

MENTOR® Product Options

Your immediate breast reconstruction can be performed in a few ways: Using tissue expanders with breast implants, using breast implants alone, or using a dual-function implant – a combination tissue expander and breast implant.

MENTOR® CPG™ Breast Implants

MENTOR® CPGTM Gel Breast Implants

MENTOR® CPGTM Gel Breast Implants help create your desired breast shape with youthful firmness.1

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MENTOR® MemoryGel® Breast Implants

MENTOR® MemoryGel® Breast Implants

When it comes to patient satisfaction, the uniquely formulated cohesive gel found within MENTOR® MemoryGel® Breast Implants creates the soft, natural feel chosen by millions of women.2,*

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MENTOR® Becker™ Expander/Implants

MENTOR® BECKERTM Expander/Implants

MENTOR® SILTEX® BECKERTM Expander/Breast Implants combine the advantages of tissue expanders with the feel of a gel breast implant. The saline-filled inner lumen of the BECKERTM Expander/Breast Implant provides the physician with the ability to control, within specified limits, the amount of expansion desired.3-8

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MENTOR® Becker™ Expander/Implants

MENTOR® CPXTM4 Breast Tissue Expanders

Used during immediate or delayed breast reconstruction to stretch breast skin and chest wall muscles in preparation for the breast implant.

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References

Note: Saline Breast Implants are only available in the following countries: Austria, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Israel, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

* In‐person consumer survey with 452 respondents.

1. B. Calobrace, The Design and Engineering of the MemoryShape Breast Implant. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2014 Sep;134(3 Suppl):10S‐5S.

2. MENTOR Consumer Preference Market Research Report ‐ July 2017.

3. Siltex Becker Expander. DWG‐20007‐AA.

4. CP Becker Assembly. Unfilled. DWG‐20008‐AA.

5. Finished Goods Specification. Siltex Round Becker 25 Expander / Breast Implant Cohesive I (Becker 25 C I). 2017.

6.Finished Goods Specification Siltex Round Becker 50 Expander / Breast Implant Cohesive I (Becker 50 C I). 2017.

7. Finished Goods Specification Siltex Contour Profile Becker 35 Expander Breast Implant Cohesive II (Cp Becker 35 CII). 2017.

8. 156000‐02 SILTEX BECKER EXPANDER / BREAST IMPLANTS PIDS. 2016.

References

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