title: Purse-string mastectomy with immediate prosthetic reconstruction: an improved skin-sparing technique for small breasts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, 94115, USA. bat@btothmd.com
authors.forename: Bryant A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Daane
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D018427:Breast Implants; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D015414:Mastectomy, Subcutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013536:Suture Techniques; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices