title: Keeping extra skin for nipple-areola reconstruction during mastectomy.
authors: Clinic of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Faculty Hospital St. Anna, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors: Lubos
authors: L
authors: Drazan
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Castagnetti
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D009558:Nipples / Q000601:surgery*; D012867:Skin
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