title: The search for volumetric symmetry in reconstruction of the breast after mastectomy.
abstract: The difficulty in achieving volumetric symmetry in the course of reconstruction of the breast after mastectomy is emphasised. The published methods of estimating breast volume are outlined before describing a new apparatus relying on the displacement of air within a large calibrated cylinder and which, by objective and clinical evaluation, has proved to be gratifyingly accurate. The method of achieving symmetry is illustrated in a patient originally referred with an inadequate breast mound reconstruction.
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*