Reconstruction

Working alongside your oncological surgeon as part of the multidisciplinary team at the Netcare Breast Care Centre of Excellence — rebuilding the breast, and helping you regain confidence and dignity.

Breast Care Centre of Excellence

Milpark · Multidisciplinary Team

FC Plast Surg (SA)

College of Plastic Surgeons

FC Plast Surg (SA) · MMed

College of Plastic Surgeons · Wits

APRASSA

Member · HPCSA Registered

The Approach

Reconstruction, tailored to you

Dr van den Bergh restores the natural shape of the breast after cancer surgery — whether at the time of your mastectomy (immediate) or as a later, staged procedure. Every plan is personalised to your diagnosis, your treatment, and your body, and discussed with you in detail before any surgery.

Parenchymal Flap Reconstruction

Wide local excision + local / regional flaps

Filling the defect after lump removal using the patient’s own internal breast tissue (parenchymal flap).

Therapeutic Mammoplasty (Matching)

Wide local excision + Bilateral breast reshaping

A combined surgical procedure that removes breast cancer from one breast using reduction techniques while simultaneously reshaping or reducing the opposite breast to maintain natural symmetry.

Parenchymal Flap Reconstruction

Wide local excision + local / regional flaps

Filling the defect after lump removal using the patient’s own internal breast tissue (parenchymal flap).

Therapeutic Mammoplasty (Matching)

Wide local excision + Bilateral breast reshaping

A combined surgical procedure that removes breast cancer from one breast using reduction techniques while simultaneously reshaping or reducing the opposite breast to maintain natural symmetry.

Latissimus Dorsi Flap Reconstruction

Back-muscle reconstruction

A latissimus dorsi flap reconstruction is a surgical procedure that uses a muscle, fat, and skin from the upper back to recreate or reshape a breast.

Why Dr Barend van den Bergh

More than rebuilding a breast

Compassionate, personal care

Every plan is shaped around your diagnosis, your treatment and you.

A multidisciplinary team

Surgical oncology, reconstruction and supportive care working as one.

Precision & aesthetics

Reconstructive rigour with an eye for a natural, balanced result.

Begin the Conversation

Request a consultation

It starts with a conversation. Consulting rooms at the Breast Centre, Netcare Milpark Hospital, Johannesburg.