Clay Forsberg

Introduction: Tissue expander and implant-based breast reconstruction after mastectomy is the most common method of breast reconstruction. Modifications of the traditional total submuscular reconstruction (TSR) have been made using acellular dermal matrix (ADM) to create an inferolateral sling and a more natural implant pocket for superior aesthet...

Mastectomy is a surgical choice for breast cancer, yet breast reconstruction is underused in women older than age 60 years. Because of a paucity of information examining breast cancer reconstruction in the elderly, we sought to review our experience. By retrospective chart review, we evaluated 89 women older than 60 years having mastectomy and reco...

Purpose: To estimate the relation between consumer wealth and the demand for the most common elective and reconstructive plastic surgical procedures. Methods: A retrospective analysis was done on the five most common plastic surgery procedures within three categories (cosmetic surgical procedures, cosmetic minimally invasive procedures and recons...

The authors critically evaluated the use of autologous blood donation in patients who had surgical breast reconstruction using the free transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (fTRAM) flap technique following mastectomy. A retrospective chart review of 201 patients was performed. Patients were operated on at one community hospital and one univ...