The Inverted T Mammoplasty for Defect Correction After Previous Breast Conservation Surgery

Fig. 63.1

(a–c) Preoperative view. The patient had a history of previous breast biopsy for a 35 mm invasive cancer in the lower quadrant resulting in a marked distortion of the nipple-areola complex (a, b). A large scar from previous surgery is seen in the lower quadrant (c). (d) The blueprint of the operation

63.2 Surgery

The drawings for the inverted T mammoplasty are seen in Fig. 63.2a. The periareolar region was de-epithelialized (Fig. 63.2b), and the previous scar was included in the reduction (Fig. 63.2b, c). Following wide local resection, the medial and lateral breast flaps were mobilized (Fig. 63.2d) and rotated into the breast median (Fig. 63.2e

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