[Expanders and the prosthetic short line in breast reconstruction after mastectomy: experience with the first 130 surgically treated cases].
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.
Arelli
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F
UOC Chirurgia Plastica e Ricostruttiva Ospedale S Pertini, Roma.
Caravelli
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G
Cricrì
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G
Lorenzon
L
L
Marcasciano
F
F
Pompei
S
S
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