Surgical Delay of the Nipple-Areolar Complex in High-risk Nipple-sparing Mastectomy Reconstruction

Maryann E. Martinovic, MD; James V. Pellicane, MD, FACS; Nadia P. Blanchet, MD Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2016;4:e760; SUMMARY: As nipple-sparing mastectomy gains increasing popularity, minimizing the risk of nipple necrosis continues to be of critical importance to patients and surgeons. Patients with large or ptotic breasts, scars from previous cosmetic and/or oncologic breast […]

An Easy and Cost-Effective Method to Perform the “No-Touch” Technique in Saline Breast Augmentation

Shuhao Zhang, MD; and Nadia P. Blanchet, MD Aesthetic Surgery Journal 2015, Vol 35(6) NP176–NP178 The no-touch technique of breast implant insertion is a well-described method to minimize skin contamination, which is thought to be a significant cause of capsular contractureafter implant-based breast augmentation. Studies have detected bacterial growth in 76% to 89% of contracted […]

Richmond’s Top Docs Give Back

Dr. Nadia Blanchet is recognized year after year as one of Richmond’s leading Plastic Surgeons, but when she’s not at her practice she enjoys giving back as a doctor with the World Pediatric Project. Originally founded in Richmond in 2001 The World Pediatric Project helps children in developing nations all over the world. Along with […]