Breast Cancer: Breast Development From Pig Skin
November 16th 2009 -
Using a sterile tissue scaffold of the subcutaneous tissue of pigs doctors want to support the regeneration and the development of breast tissue. The framework, called the “Strattice Reconstructive Tissue Matrix,” would be exempt from all animal cells and other substances and dissolve after no previous experience rejection, report researchers in Munich.
The biomechanical structure, including blood vessels was detected by the beneficiary and accepted by the body. “We place after removal of the glandular tissue in cancer surgery, the matrix along with a silicone implant immediately,” says Dr. Darius Dian, Chief Consultant Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Munich.
Encapsulation – as with other implants that are used during breast development – had not existed previously, the results are visually “excellent.” Six of the doctors treated patients with the new method. “The recent successes are promising,” says the doctor. However, the evaluation of the animal skeleton stands out in a larger study yet. In the United States is currently running a proper investigation. An application in individual cases, but was now possible, Dian.
Approximately 57,000 women with breast cancer every year in Germany. With about 15,000 women a mastectomy (amputation) is inevitable. For a breast skin and structure is usually in the abdominal fat tissue, but also removed the back and buttocks or transplanted in a complex process. Produced at the donor site but large scars.
Tags: breast tissue, mastectomy, pig skin, silicone implant
