title: Tumour-adapted Reduction Mammoplasty - a New (Old) Breast Conserving Strategy: Review.
abstract: Today over 70 % of patients treated for primary breast carcinoma in certified breast centres are managed with breast conserving surgery. The classical semicircular incision directly above the tumour, though in many cases easily carried out and associated with good cosmetic results, does have limitations. Unsatisfactory aesthetic results often occur when tumour location is unfavourable or when there is unfavourable tumour size relative to breast size. Distortion of the nipple, changes to breast shape and retraction of skin overlying surgical defects can occur. Tumour-adapted reduction mammoplasty/mastopexy or the "modified B technique" offer excellent chances of combining the oncological demands of breast surgery with satisfactory symmetrical cosmetic results. This article reviews a traditional, old operative technique that has been re-embraced in various new forms.
authors: Frauenklinik St. Marienkrankenhaus Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Eichbaum
authors: Frauenklinik St. Marienkrankenhaus Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Dietrich
authors: Frauenklinik St. Marienkrankenhaus Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Reinhard
authors: Frauenklinik St. Marienkrankenhaus Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Steinwasser
authors: Frauenklinik Klinikum Darmstadt, Darmstadt.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Eichbaum
keywords: Dufourmentel-Mouly mammoplasty; breast carcinoma; breast conserving surgery; modified B technique; tumour-adapted reduction