Munich doctors make breakthrough in breast reconstruction | Breaking Tweets

Munich doctors make breakthrough in breast reconstruction

Posted by Fahad Zuberi on 11/12/09 • Categorized as Europe, Health

Doctors in Bavaria have become the first in Europe to test a new post-mastectomy plastic surgery procedure that uses pig tissue.

News24 reports, after giving replacement breasts made from pigskin to six women in Germany, doctors in Munich detailed the new method on Thursday, saying it results in fewer scars for mastectomy patients.

Twitter users are feeling optimistic about this breakthrough.  One user is even having a little fun and warning people of the pig breast cancer flu.

  1. Angela Sullivan
    AngelaSS (Royston, Georgia) Make sure you don’t catch the pig breast cancer flu! http://tinyurl.com/yfdrdfw 05 Nov 2009 from web
  2. ummmmm
    o_m_g_w_t_f_ (location undisclosed) Reconstructive breast surgery hope from pigs: This article generated quite a few comments, Ladies of AMA if you.. http://bit.ly/VUOyR 12 Nov 2009 from twitterfeed
  3. Yemmi Agbebi, MBA
    yagbebi (Berkshire, UK) BREAST REGROWTH AFTER CANCER ~ A pioneering medical technique developed using pigs could allow women to re-grow br (cont) http://tl.gd/tpn3 12 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
  4. Beauty Is Business!
    jensbeautybytes (Atlanta, Georgia) Med. miracle out of Australia: Breast Cancer patients may be able to regrow breasts …for now, it just works in pigs: http://bit.ly/44P53h 12 Nov 2009 from web
  5. Dynasplint Systems
    Dynasplint (USA)Using pig skin for breast implants leaves fewer scars and less risk for developing a contracture? Who knew? http://tiny.cc/qqYCk 12 Nov 2009 from web
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  • This is interesting. Modern medicine tries all sorts of alternatives in order to improve and permanently learn how to deal with every condition. That's a relief for all patients suffering from this terrible disease that breast cancer represents. It really affects a person, both mental and physical. What matters the most is finding and appropriate treatments that can help cure this condition without resorting to such surgeries.
  • looks like technology is moving towards the right direction
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