Skin-sparing mastectomy with Sun flap closure.
Skin-sparing mastectomy lends itself to immediate reconstruction with autologous tissue, allowing a one-stage reconstruction (a nipple-areolar complex is made at the time of the initial surgery). It has been difficult to obtain equally pleasing results when immediate reconstruction with a skin-sparing technique is performed with expanders. The authors describe a modification of previously described techniques that enhance the aesthetic result of expander/implant reconstruction. This modification is called the sun flap closure.
Rahban
S R
SR
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
Wilde
M K
MK
Chasan
P E
PE
D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009558:Nipples / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015626:Tissue Expansion