Plastic Surgery Key

Background Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers and the second leading cause of cancer mortality in US women. Breast malignancy accounts for nearly one in three cancers…

Introduction Traditional breast conservation therapy (BCT), consisting of lumpectomy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, possible axillary dissection, and radiation therapy, is medically equivalent to mastectomy with regard to overall long-term survival…

Introduction In this chapter, we present the use of lateral thoracic skin and subcutaneous tissues as an option for partial breast reconstruction. Lateral thoracic skin and fat are an excellent…

Introduction Breast conservation therapy (BCT) may be considered a mainstay therapy for early-stage breast cancer and an oncological equivalent to mastectomy in selected cases. As reviewed elsewhere in this text,…

Introduction Over the last two decades breast-conserving treatment (BCT), consisting of breast-conserving surgery (BCS), radiation therapy (RT), and axillary node sampling, is emerging as the treatment of choice for many…

Introduction Nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM), or subcutaneous mastectomy, combines a skin-sparing mastectomy with preservation of the nipple–areola complex (NAC), with the possibility of intraoperative pathological assessment of adjacent tissue. Immediate reconstruction…

Introduction There has been a significant increase in the popularity of mammaplasty techniques being used for the reconstruction of partial mastectomy defects prior to breast irradiation for women with early-stage…

Introduction The desire of many patients to preserve their breasts regardless of the cosmetic outcome has led to a more aggressive use of partial mastectomy, with more extensive local resections…

Introduction For most of the 20th century, mastectomy was the surgical treatment of choice for breast cancer. Mastectomy is a disfiguring operation. Umberto Veronesi introduced breast conservation in the 1970s…