Breast Surgery

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Dr Jeremy Khoo offers surgical treatment for both malignant breast conditions (breast cancer) and benign breast conditions.

Breast surgeries performed by Dr Jeremy Khoo include: 

Breast Cancer Surgery

1. Oncoplastic BREAST-CONSERVING Surgery

  • Treatment of breast cancers can be optimized using plastic surgical techniques to minimize scars and preserve the breast shape

  • Breast reshaping by moving tissue within the breast after lumpectomy

  • Partial breast reconstruction by replacing volume loss from cancer lumpectomy with local tissue flaps to avoid mastectomy

  • Therapeutic Mammaplasty - breast-conserving cancer surgery performed with simultaneous breast reduction surgery

2. Mastectomy

  • Total Mastectomy where it is not safe or feasible to preserve the breast due to factors of the underlying disease

  • Skin sparing and Nipple Sparing Mastectomy to facilitate immediate breast reconstruction

  • Risk-reduction (Prophylactic) surgery with or without immediate breast reconstruction for women at high risk of familial breast cancer

  • Goldilocks Mastectomy - if a simple mastectomy is not desirable for you, and you either do not wish to undertake or are not a good candidate for complex breast reconstruction with implants or tissue flaps - The Goldilocks Mastectomy may be the best option for you, provided you meet a specific list of criteria determined during your assessment. This technique achieves the same oncological outcomes as a Total Mastectomy but preserves a smaller but cosmetically appealing breast mound after surgery.

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3. Axillary Surgery

  • Sentinel Node biopsy, Targeted Axillary Dissection (TAD) and conventional
    Axillary Dissection

4. Breast Reconstruction

  • Immediate or Delayed breast reconstruction with implants or tissue expanders

  • Breast symmetrization of the unaffected breast to match the surgically-treated breast, which can undergo significant asymmetry/size reduction after treatment

5. Nipple Reconstruction

6. Porta-cath insertion & removal (for chemotherapy treatments)

Benign Breast Surgery

  • Microdochectomy and total duct excision to manage and diagnose troublesome nipple discharge

  • Excisional Biopsies of benign and indeterminate breast lumps

  • Gynaecomastia Surgery – Removal of breast tissue in men

  • Removal of accessory breast tissue

7. Functional Breast Reduction for symptomatic large breasts (Macromastia) (patients will require a referral from their GP indicating symptoms (i.e., shoulder pain, neck pain, back pain, etc.) from their large breasts.

  • Wise-pattern breast reduction

  • Vertical-pattern breast reduction

  • No vertical scar breast reduction

8. Breast Implant revision surgery

  • Breast implant removal or exchange due to complications from previous breast augmentation or reconstruction surgery, such as

    • Implant rupture

    • Implant malposition

    • Capsule contracture

    • Risk of breast implant-related disease i.e., Breast-Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC), Breast Implant Illness (BII)