title: Principles of reconstruction with tissue expanders as immediate reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer.
abstract: The aim of reconstruction with expanders is to restore breast shape and volume as close as possible to the contralateral breast and to reconstruct the inframammary fold with adequate ptosis.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krämer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terjung
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008408:Mastectomy; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices