| Title | [Breast reconstruction after mastectomy] | | Author(s) | Sakai S, Takahashi H, Mitobe C | | Institution | Dept. of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine. | | Source | Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 1994 Jun.:243-8. | | MeSH | Abdominal Muscles
Adult
Breast Neoplasms
English Abstract
Female
Humans
Mammaplasty
Mastectomy
Nipples
Quality of Life
Surgical Flaps
Tissue Expanders
| | Abstract | A variety of procedures can be used in breast reconstruction following mastectomy depending on the condition of the residual tissue. A silicone implant or tissue expander is used when the skin and subcutaneous fatty tissue are preserved, although silicone implants are no longer used in the United States. Alternatively, a lateral abdominal flap, lateral thoracic flap, latissimus dorsi flap, or rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap may be used. We have performed breast reconstruction using the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap without a silicone implant, and the vertical axis of the rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap was also used. Nipple-areola reconstruction was also investigated. | | Language | jpn | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 8037489 |
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