skin-sparing mastectomy

skin-sparing mastectomy
subcutaneous mastectomy excision of breast tissue with preservation of overlying skin, nipple, and areola so that breast form may be reconstructed.

(A, B), Simple mastectomy. (A), Skin incisions are generally transverse and surround the central breast and nipple-areolar complex. (B), Skin flaps are raised sharply, separating the gland from the overlying skin and from the underlying muscle. The breast is divided from the axillary contents and dissection stops at the clavipectoral fascia. (C), Modified radical mastectomy. Dissection continues into the axilla and generally up to the axillary vein, removing the level I and sometimes also the level II nodes.


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