title: Skin-sparing mastectomy with Sun flap closure.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Rahban
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Wilde
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Chasan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009558:Nipples / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015626:Tissue Expansion