Overview: video-assisted breast surgery.
Since 1992, video-assisted surgery for the breast has been developed mainly in the field of plastic surgery, notably in breast augmentation surgery. Today, video-assisted surgery, indicating partial or total endoscopic surgery, can be performed for the treatment of both benign and malignant breast tumors to improve the cosmetic outcome. Although, in some respects, this kind of surgery for malignant tumors is still experimental, it is feasible enough for clinical use, and is expected to become one of the standard operations for breast cancer.
Tamaki
Yasuhiro
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Department of Surgical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2-E10, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. tamaki@onsurg.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Tsukamoto
Fumine
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Miyoshi
Yasuo
Y
Tanji
Yoshiro
Y
Taguchi
Tetsuya
T
Noguchi
Shinzaburo
S
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