title: Single axillary incision for quadrantectomy, axillary clearance and immediate reconstruction with latissimus dorsi.
abstract: This paper describes a method of immediate breast reconstruction following conservative breast surgery. The technique is innovative in that axillary clearance, quadrantectomy and the harvest of the latissimus dorsi muscle are carried out through a small transverse axillary incision with no incision in the breast.
authors.affiliation: Ashford Breast Unit, Ashford Hospital, Middlesex, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shrotria
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps