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Breast reconstruction - series: Procedure, part 2
Alternatively, a saline filled prosthesis can be implanted under the skin and muscle after mastectomy. Over the next few weeks and months, the prosthesis is slowly filled with increasing amounts of saline by injection, which expands the overlying skin and creates a breast mound.
Update Date: 6/7/2006
Updated by: J.A. Lee, M.D., Division of Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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