Subcutaneous mastectomy: acute complications and long-term follow-up.
Subcutaneous mastectomy as performed at our institution from 1965 to 1979 was an operation with high morbidity. The risk of complication appears to have been decreased with a two-stage approach. Long-term results were disappointing, with a high incidence of capsular contracture. The incidence of capsular contracture appears to have been reduced by subpectoral placement of the implants. One breast carcinoma occurred 10 years after subcutaneous mastectomy.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003286:Contracture / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006099:Granuloma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects; D012086:Reoperation; D012828:Silicones; D013997:Time Factors
D012828:Silicones