Is it new to be able to do reconstruction right then and there?

I, I would say we've kind of moved to not doing rec- r- uh, reconstruction at the same time, but reconstruction in the way that you did is more of a newer thing.

Maybe the last 10, 15 years, we have advances where we can go straight to implant.

Uh, we have a special camera that I use in the operating room that allows me to assess blood flow.

So the breast tissue has blood vessels that come through the tissue and through the skin to your nipple, and so when you have a mastectomy, part of that blood supply has been taken, and I'm able to use a special dye and a camera that shows me how the tissue looks, and that gives me, like, a real time look at whether or not your body can handle going straight to an implant.

Can I preserve your nipple? So that is a, is a big advance that we have.

Um, the technology of the implants that we have now, um, also the, what we wrap the implants in, we use something called acellular dermal matrix, that it gives me some soft tissue to support the implant, like an internal bra.

And what was your answer, doctor?

Is it new to be able to do reconstruction right then and there?

I would say we've kind of moved to... not doing reconstruction at the same time, but reconstruction in the way that you did is more of a newer thing.

Maybe the last 10, 15 years, we have advances where we can go straight to implant.

We have a special camera that I use in the operating room that allows me to assess blood flow.

So the breast tissue has blood vessels that come through the tissue and through the skin to your nipple.

And so when you have a mastectomy, part of that blood supply has been taken and I'm able to use a special dye and a camera that shows me how the tissue looks.

And that gives me like a real time look at whether or not your body can handle going straight to an implant.

And what was your answer, doctor?