Reconstruction of the breast by tissue expansion.
The use of tissue expanders has considerable merit and wide applicability in breast reconstruction. The majority of patients who have undergone conservative modified radical mastectomies in the past fifteen years can be reconstructed without extensive flap procedures. The expansion prosthesis greatly increases the number of patients who can be reconstructed simply with a submuscular prosthesis.
D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*