Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5722853 Annals of Medicine and Surgery 2017 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Surgical treatment of breast cancer.•Breast reconstruction with both autogenous tissue-based and implant-based.•Complications.

One important modality of breast cancer therapy is surgical treatment, which has become increasingly less mutilating over the last century. Breast reconstruction has become an integrated part of breast cancer treatment due to long-term psychosexual health factors and its importance for breast cancer survivors. Both autogenous tissue-based and implant-based reconstruction provides satisfactory reconstructive options due to better surgeon awareness of “the ideal breast size”, although each has its own advantages and disadvantages. An overview of the current options in breast reconstruction is presented in this article.

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