title: Use of immediate postoperative mastectomy prostheses.
abstract: From materials readily available in the operating room, a temporary breast prosthesis can be fashioned for use in the immediate postoperative period. These materials yield a prosthesis with good shape and form, filling a brassiere cup and providing the general pressure needed on skin flaps in the immediate postoperative period. Psychologically, filling the absent breast cup helps patients adjust to their new body image and eliminates the shock of gross asymmetry.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Abidin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Durham
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Dooley
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015411:Mastectomy, Modified Radical / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D019736:Prostheses and Implants