title: [Expanders and the prosthetic short line in breast reconstruction after mastectomy: experience with the first 130 surgically treated cases].
abstract: Breast reconstruction as now to be consider as a complementary treatment of breast cancer surgery. Between 1998-1999 we developed a project of collaboration with Polytech-Silimed Europe Gmbh for a new textured tissue expander. This new system allows expansion of the middle and lower quadrant of the breast acting a physiologic ptosis of the breast. Authors report their experience on the first 130 patients.
authors.affiliation: UOC Chirurgia Plastica e Ricostruttiva Ospedale S Pertini, Roma.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caravelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cricrì
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lorenzon
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marcasciano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pompei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018427:Breast Implants; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices