| Title | Skin-sparing mastectomy with staged tissue expander reconstruction using a silicone gel prosthesis and contralateral endoscopic breast augmentation. |
| Author(s) | Burden WR |
| Source | Ann Plast Surg 2001 Mar; 46(3):234-6; discussion 236-7. |
| MeSH | Breast Implants
Breast Neoplasms
Endoscopy
Esthetics
Female
Humans
Mammaplasty
Mastectomy
Silicones
Tissue Expanders
Treatment Outcome
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| Abstract | Women with an A or B cup-size breast with no ptosis or glandular ptosis underwent a skin-sparing mastectomy through a periareolar incision. A submuscular tissue expander was placed for immediate reconstruction. The periareolar incision was closed using a modified pursestring technique. The reconstructed breast was expanded to a C cup size. The expander was removed and replaced with a silicone gel prosthesis. At the time of tissue expander removal, the contralateral breast underwent endoscopic augmentation. Nipple-areolar reconstruction was performed during a third stage to cover the mastectomy scar. Implant reconstruction of the breast frequently results in a breast mound that has greater upper breast fullness than the opposite breast. By augmenting the opposite breast, better symmetry is achieved. Burden WR. Skin-sparing mastectomy with staged tissue expander reconstruction using a silicone gel prosthesis and contralateral endoscopic breast augmentation. |
| Language | eng |
| Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
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| PubMed ID | 11293512 |
