Breast surgery

Much progress has been made in recent years and new techniques have been developed in the field of plastic surgery of the breast. **Breast Surgery** presents plastic surgeons with a comprehensive summary of current practice and the techniques available.Clearly written in language accessible to both specialists and non-specialists, **Breast Surgery** presents a variety and range of techniques with which excellent results in both plastic and reconstructive breast surgery can be achieved. Over 600 drawings and photographs, both in black and white and in colour, accompany the text, providing the plastic surgeon with clearly-illustrated guidelines to follow.Dr. Nathalie Bricout is a leading figure in the field of plastic surgery of the breast in France. Front Matter....Pages I-XXI Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Embryology....Pages 3-6 Anatomy and morphology of the breast....Pages 7-32 Photography....Pages 33-40 Front Matter....Pages 41-44 The different approaches to benign tumors....Pages 45-50 The problem of mammary discharge....Pages 51-52 Tumorectomy....Pages 53-55 Quadrantectomy....Pages 57-57 Mastectomy....Pages 59-65 Surgical treatment of gynecomastia....Pages 67-69 Front Matter....Pages 71-71 General considerations....Pages 73-84 Surgical treatment of hypertrophy and ptosis....Pages 85-162 Front Matter....Pages 163-166 Definitions....Pages 167-169 Physiopathology....Pages 171-171 Clinical examination....Pages 173-181 Breast implants....Pages 183-188 Advantages and disadvantages of silicones....Pages 189-198 The different surgical approaches....Pages 199-204 Pre- or retropectoral placement of the implant....Pages 205-209 Operative technique....Pages 211-214 Immediate complications....Pages 215-217 Front Matter....Pages 163-166 Secondary complications....Pages 219-222 Survival of the implant....Pages 223-223 Breast implants and cancer of the breast....Pages 225-225 Atrophy and ptosis....Pages 227-232 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 General considerations....Pages 235-241 Reconstruction by implant....Pages 243-265 Expansion procedures....Pages 267-283 Flaps....Pages 285-287 The latissimus dorsi flap....Pages 289-313 The rectus abdominis flap....Pages 315-344 The opposite breast....Pages 345-355 Reconstruction of the nipple-areolar plaque....Pages 357-365 The indications for breast reconstruction....Pages 367-377 Front Matter....Pages 379-379 General principles....Pages 381-381 Operative technique....Pages 383-388 Postoperative course....Pages 389-392 Conclusion....Pages 393-393 Front Matter....Pages 395-398 Pedicled omentoplasty....Pages 399-401 Latissimus dorsi flap....Pages 403-407 Rectus abdominis flap....Pages 409-411 Front Matter....Pages 395-398 Summary....Pages 413-413 Back Matter....Pages 417-424 Much progress has been made in recent years and new techniques have been developed in the field of plastic surgery of the breast. Breast Surgery presents plastic surgeons with a comprehensive summary of current practice and the techniques available. Clearly written in language accessible to both specialists and non-specialists, Breast Surgery presents a variety and range of techniques with which excellent results in both plastic and reconstructive breast surgery can be achieved. Over 600 drawings and photographs, both in black and white and in colour, accompany the text, providing the plastic surgeon with clearly-illustrated guidelines to follow. Dr. Nathalie Bricout is a leading figure in the field of plastic surgery of the breast in France. Much progress has been made and new techniques have ben developed in the field of plastic surgery of the breast. This text present plastic surgeons with a summary of current practice and the techniques available.