Management of the remaining breast in breast reconstruction.
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.
D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*