I'm trying to decipher what my consultant/surgeon has written on my consent form. My understanding is that I'm having the right breast removed, no reconstruction due to requiring radiation (I would have preferred an immediate reconstruction but sadly that's not to be - he said I may be able to have a delayed reconstruction in 6 months time using my own tissue from my tummy or back), plus sentinel nodes removed/ examined for spread of the cancer. My cancer is grade 2 lobular, in multiple places in the breast. As the cancer has caused the breast to retract upwards and the worrying part of the cancer is high up on the upper breast, he wants to remove all the skin around it and had some concern that there might not be enough skin left to prevent the wound pulling tight (despite me being large breasted - to me it looks like there's lots of skin, but not to him). He said he thinks there will be enough skin, but he was unsure.
Given that is my understanding of what I was told, what does "reverse abdominoplasty" mean for this mastectomy procedure? Any ideas?
I see your post has gone unanswered so far and normally I wouldn't normally use Dr Google, but I have found this with a search of reverse abdominoplasty. from an American plastic surgery site, if it helps at all?
I hope someone else might know a little more than I or have had something similar now that by answering your post, it has 'bumped it up' a bit.
Best wishes, Lesley
I met with the Consultant Anaesthetist today, for an extra pre op. He had never heard of a Reverse Abdominoplasty either and asked me to explain what it was! 
