title: Management of the remaining breast in breast reconstruction.
abstract: Prophylactic subcutaneous mastectomy is performed only in high risk patients. In other cases, the breast is adapted if needed by conventional techniques. These are slightly modified to obtain a less conical shape of the breast and preserve the whole surface of the areola. In the majority of the cases the nipple-areolar complex will be used at a second stage as donor site for the reconstructed breast.
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*