title: Transaxillary breast augmentation.
abstract: This article will discuss the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative nursing interventions specifically related to the patient undergoing transaxillary breast augmentation. Being able to explain the procedure through each of these phases will help to ease a patient's anxiety and, in turn, increase compliance to follow instructions to achieve the best possible result.
authors.affiliation: Cosmetic Surgery Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hotta
mesh_terms: D019928:Breast Implantation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D010347:Patient Care Planning