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Breast Reconstruction Using Your Own Tissues - DIEP flap

Your plastic surgeon has proposed to reconstruct one or both of your breasts using the "DIEP" flap technique. This fact sheet describes the steps of the surgery and how to prepare for it.

Treatments and surgical operations , Cancer, Oncology, Breast cancer

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Reconstruction mammaire avec vos propres tissus - Le « DIEP »

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Treating A Benign Breast Tumour With Surgery - Partial Mastectomy

Treating prostate cancer with radiotherapy

Recovering From Breast Surgery With Exercises

BCG in the bladder to treat cancer