title: Evidence-based medicine: breast reconstruction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Differentiate among the various techniques available to reconstructive breast surgeons. 2. Perform a comprehensive assessment of the breast reconstruction candidate. 3. Gain knowledge about the indications and contraindications for different breast reconstructive procedures. 4. Understand the complications inherent in different reconstructive breast procedures. 5. Summarize the long-term objective and subjective implications of surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article was prepared to accompany practice-based assessment with ongoing surgical education for the Maintenance of Certification for the American Board of Plastic Surgery. It is structured to outline the care of the patient with the postmastectomy breast deformity.
authors.affiliation: Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and New York, N.Y. From the University of Toronto and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Colleen M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: Alison N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Andrea L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pusic
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*