Author(s)

Bassam Ahmed ALmutlaq¹, Mohammad Al-Qattan², Raed Dawood Almansour¹, Awad Nafel Al Harbi¹, Ali Dawood Almansour¹, Omar Abdullah AL-Noqaidan¹, Abdul Rahman Ali Al-Sogair¹, Abdullah Abdulaziz Bin Jariyd³, Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmed¹

¹College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, KSA.
²Head Division of Plastic Surgery, Head of Research Centre, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.
³Faculty of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, KSA.

In this review article, various preferences in breast plastic surgery particularly after breast cancer will be discussed in view of the diverse indications for the different construction procedures. The various conditions that necessitate the need for reconstruction are appraised, the important reconstructive procedures are discussed. The most important indications procedures discussed in this review include; Prophylactic subcutaneous mastectomy, Lumpectomy and Radiation, Modified Mastectomy with Axillary Sampling, Nipple reconstruction, and the contralateral breast. These procedures are discussed in view of plastic surgeon practice and patients acceptability in Saudi Arabia. Data from Saudi Arabia in particular was identified through searches of the EMBASE, and MEDLINE database, using the keywords: Saudi Arabia, breast plastic Surgery, breast reconstruction, autologous breast reconstruction, breast augmentation. Advances in prosthetic technologies and modifications in autologous flap techniques, and the development of novel tissue alternatives have allowed for sustained developments in breast reconstruction results. A variety of attitudes has been accessible for addressing the difficulties that endure after resection of breast cancer in Saudi Arabia. Patients should be educated to accept different process in this context.

Options in Breast Reconstruction and Plastic Surgery in Regard to Surgeon Perceptions and Patients Acceptance in Saudi Arabia

ALmutlaq, B. , Al-Qattan, M. , Almansour, R. , Harbi, A. , Almansour, A. , AL-Noqaidan, O. , Ali Al-Sogair, A. , Bin Jariyd, A. and Ahmed, H. (2017) Saudi Arabia, Breast Plastic Surgery, Breast Construction. Modern Plastic Surgery, 7, 50-64. doi: 10.4236/mps.2017.74006.