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New onco-plastic surgery technique for early breast cancer
Recent advances of oncoplastic techniques in breast surgery have allowed to achieve
maximum oncological radicality, together with minor cosmetic alteration possible.
This has resulted in an important advantage for the patients subjected to conservative
surgery for breast cancer, as proven by many scientific studies that have highlighted in
these cases a minor psychological impactl overall.
The surgical technique proposed demonstrates that, according to the conventional
protocols of breast conserving therapy for cancer, it is possible to perform a complete
excision of the tumor, with an "extra-mammary" surgical approach trough an incision
made immediately below the inframammary fold, with a scar completely invisible on
standing by natural ptosis of the breast.
This technique is indicated for cases of early breast cancer, regardless of the location of
the tumor, as long as there is no involvement of the overlying skin.
Additional research needs to be conducted to evaluate long term results and effectiveness
of the proposed technique in relation to a large number of cases.
Bibliographic Reference:
Gerbasi D et al.: "Inframammary fold approach in breast conserving surgery for cancer ",
Updates Surg. 2011 Dec;63(4):283-6
Domenico Gerbasi
Unità di Senologia, Ospedale Bolognini, Seriate, Italy
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