Dr Nicola Davis is an oncoplastic breast and general surgeon consulting from Tauranga Specialist Centre and operating at Grace Hospital, Tauranga.
What is General Surgery?
The role of the general surgeon varies but in broad terms general surgery can be said to deal with a wide range of conditions within the abdomen, breast, neck, skin and, often, vascular (blood vessel) system.
What is Oncoplastic Breast Surgery?
Oncoplastic breast surgery merges the principles of oncologic surgery, in which cancerous tissue is removed, with those of plastic surgery which reconstructs an area following surgery.
In oncoplastic breast surgery, plastic surgery techniques are used to reshape the breast by remodelling of remaining breast tissue, advancing other tissue into the defect or reconstructing a breast using implants.
