title: [Breastfeeding nursing after breast surgery].
abstract: Beside breast cancer and benign tumors the majority of breast surgery is performed in a fertile age. This leads to the question about breastfeeding after breast surgery. Theoretically reduction mammaplasty and augmentation shouldn't impair the ability to nurse, as long as there is no free transplantation of the mamilla-areola-complex or an ablation of the breast. The average frequency of nursing after reduction mammaplasty among five studies is about 31 %. A frequently named reason not to nurse is the discouragement by the health care provider. Women treated with breast cancer should be encouraged to breastfeed their children. The goal of this publication is to give a review on the contemporary literature to this rarely discussed and examined topic.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Zentrum der Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe. Annette.Zimpelmann@kgu.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zimpelmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016462:Mammaplasty