Fig. 15.1
A 64-year-old smoking woman has ankylosing spondylitis. She has up size B ptotic breasts and a screen-detected 8 mm invasive cancer in her right breast. The tumour is located at 4 o’clock, 5 cm from the nipple, close to the pectoral fascia
The biopsy demonstrated an invasive adenocarcinoma.
15.2 Surgery
We performed a wire-guided oncoplastic full-thickness resection of the tumour using an inferior rotation flap. The preliminary preoperative drawings (before inserting the guide wire) are seen in Fig. 15.2. The patient received perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis.
Fig. 15.2
Shows preoperative drawings before insertion of the guide wire
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