title: Oncoplastic surgery for Japanese patients with breast cancer of the lower pole.
abstract: This report presents the results of oncoplastic surgery in three Japanese patients with breast cancer lesions involving the lower pole of the breast. Their breasts were ptotic, and their lesions were considered to be suitable for breast conservation surgery. There were treated with partial mastectomy resection using vertical-scar mammaplasty, with reduction surgery and recentralization of the nipple-areola complex. Two patients underwent a mirror-image biopsy on the contralateral breasts to determine the symmetry. The remaining patient had periareolar incision mastopexy without reduction added for the contralateral breast. A large surgical margin was used to remove excessive skin and parenchymal tissue. Ideal symmetry was achieved by performing reduction and/or mastopexy on the contralateral breast.
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Surgery, Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, 890-8520, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kijima
authors.forename: Heiji
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshinaka
authors.forename: Munetsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Tadao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizoguchi
authors.forename: Sumiya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishigami
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakajo
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natsugoe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000379:methods*