[Breast reconstruction after mastectomy or breast amputation].
The authors give their personal experience at Montreuil Hospital. Always it's secondary reconstruction, never immediately Three problems: The restoration of the mammary gland. Its can d: by musculo skin flaps or skin expanders. The restoration of the areolar and the nipple Many techniques are used: tattooing or, free skin graft contralateral. The attitude about the contralateral breast It must take into account: of desire of the patient; of volume of the breast; of existence or not of ptosis. It's very important to reduce the scars. The periareolar technique is the best.
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D001828:Body Image; D018427:Breast Implants; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D008408:Mastectomy; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods; D013653:Tattooing / Q000379:methods; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods
La restauration du sein après mammectomie ou amputation mammaire.