Assessment for breast reconstruction surgery

Speciality: General surgery Age group: Adult

Eligibility

At least one must be met for the patient to be eligible for referral.

Clinically suspected or confirmed assessment for breast reconstruction surgery with initial primary-care work-up completed

Routine referral criteria

Determine Category 2 or 3 urgency.

Post mastectomy (immediate or delayed)

Significant deformity and surgery is indicated due to disease, trauma or congenital conditions (e.g. extensive burns, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, large cell lymphoma, contralateral breast Poland syndrome)

Usually managed in primary care

Referrals that do not meet the criteria without specific medical indication and that would be considered a cosmetic procedure would not be accepted.
Patients who develop complications of cosmetic breast augmentation should be directed to return to the surgeon, practice or health service where the surgery was performed.