title: [Video-assisted surgery for breast cancer].
abstract: Video-assisted breast surgery has been developed since the middle of 1990s mainly in Japan, and brought better cosmetic outcome to patients who underwent breast conserving surgery. It can shorten surgical wounds and move them to inconspicuous areas, such as the areola and axilla. However, postoperative breast deformity is a serious problem for patients with breast conserving surgery, which cannot be relieved only by shortening or moving the surgical wound. For such patients, combination of video-assisted surgery and immediate breast reconstruction will be the best way to achieve both curability and good cosmetic outcome. For successful surgery, it is important to judge the adequate resection area and chose appropriate reconstruction method based on tumor size, location, patient's backgrounds and their preference.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Shinzaburo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noguchi
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery / Q000379:methods*