Optimising aesthetic outcome after nipple-areola complex-sparing mastectomy and immediate one-stage prosthetic reconstruction: A simple surgical trick to fix nipple-areola complex position

Background: Nipple-areola complex (NAC) sparing mastectomy (NSM) is mostly indicated in patients with small-/medium-sized and non-ptotic breasts, while skin-reducing mastectomy is used in patients with medium or large breasts with severe ptosis. NAC location on the reconstructed breast is one of the...

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Main Authors: Luca Maione, Andrea Lisa, Federico Barbera, Mattia Siliprandi, Valeriano Vinci, Francesco Klinger, Marco Klinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ijps.IJPS_210_16