Oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery of the breast

✍ Scribed by Nava, Maurizio; Benson, John R.; Querci della Rovere, Guidubaldo

• Publisher: Informa Healthcare
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 310
• Edition: Second edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a timely publication capturing recent developments in the fields of oncoplastic surgery and whole breast reconstruction. The highly successful first edition has been completely updated and expanded by leading oncologists and surgeons, with key features including:

• A comprehensive account of surgical techniques with over 300 colour figures and photographs
• Incorporates a detailed description of current implant design and technology, together with stepwise accounts of implant-only-based and autologous tissue reconstruction
• Emphasis on patient selection and expectation to ensure optimum cosmetic and functional results
• Problems relating to reconstructive surgery, for example chronic pain
• Training of breast surgeons

Aimed at the breast surgical specialist, Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Breast, Second Edition also serves as a valuable text for the general and/or plastic surgeon in training, as well as for non-surgical professionals engaged with the management and support of women with breast cancer.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Front Cover
Foreword
Preface
Contents
Contributors
Chapter 1 Basic plastic surgical techniques
Chapter 2 The history and development of breast prostheses and the silicone problem
Chapter 3 Complications and contraindications to breast reconstruction
Chapter 4 Silicone implants
Chapter 5 Mastectomy with skin preservation: skin sparing, nipple-areola complex sparing, and skin reducing
Chapter 6 Breast reconstruction with tissue expanders
Chapter 7 Breast reconstruction with the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap.