A first personalized external breast prosthesis for breast cancer victims

Toulouse University Hospital is launching a clinical trial to democratize the very first personalized external breast prosthesis that copies skin color for a harmonious neckline.

While each year in France 20,000 women with cancer undergo the removal of a breast, they experience a transitional period before surgical reconstruction during which they slip external prostheses into their bras. Imported from Germany, these prostheses are standard and often do not weigh the same as the other breast. This asymmetry frequently leads to back pain in the patient.. The Toulouse University Hospital is preparing to launch a clinical trial to democratize the very first personalized external breast prosthesis. This idea came from the meeting between Professor Charlotte Vaysse, a specialist surgeon at the Oncopole de la Ville Rose site, and LĂ©onarda Sanchez, who in 2016 presented her with the revolutionary prosthesis from her start-up. "It seemed obvious to me", confessed the doctor.

In Saint-Jory in the suburbs of Toulouse, New Team Medical designs the Meavanti prosthesis designed to be tailor-made. It offers all cup sizes and copies the color of the patient's skin or the shape of the nipple to improve her well-being. "The differences in weight are minute, when they can reach up to 200 grams with standard prostheses. They are biocompatible and patented and we manufacture them within ten days.", explained the creator of this prosthesis, who has known the distress of several of her friends suffering from breast cancer.

If Charlotte Vaysse and Leonarda Sanchez have decided to join forces because the prosthesis costs 400 euros and is not reimbursed by Social Security, unlike standard prostheses. "The idea is to benefit all women, without social inequalities", confided the surgeon adding that for this, it was necessary to convince the High Authority of Health (HAS).

For now, two Charlotte Vaysse patients have benefited from the prosthesis. In the coming months, more than 60 women are expected to integrate this personalized Meavanti prosthesis from New Team Medical. From three months to three months, the patients will alternately wear a standard or personalized prosthesis so that the surgeon can assess their feelings on a physical, psychological and social level, as well as the effect on their sex life. The women's duo are giving themselves one year to establish a detailed file on this personalized external prosthesis.

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