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- Abstract:
- Originally for patients with small and early-stage tumors, total skin-sparing mastectomy (TSSM) is now being used in individuals with larger tumors and more advanced disease . However, women with large or ptotic breasts are still excluded from undergoing TSSM, due to the long mastectomy flaps and decreased blood flow distally increasing the risk of nipple necrosis. We thought it possible to broaden the criteria of TSSM to include women with large or ptotic breasts by first offering these patients a reduction mammoplasty or mastopexy. In this study we report outcomes for women undergoing first stage breast reduction or mastopexy, second stage TSSM with immediate tissue expander placement, and third stage delayed permanent reconstruction
- Notes:
- Scholarly Concentration: Non-Scholarly Concentrator
Citation
Hall, Natalie, Wang, Frederick, Piper, Merisa, et al.,
"Breast reconstruction following total skin-sparing mastectomy and reduction"
(2015).
Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:581441/
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Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium
The Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium is an annual event at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University that provides Year II medical students a venue to present their summer research in a poster format. Participation in the Symposium …...