Plastic Surgery of the Breast - Breast Cancer v15-Video 1

Video 1 - Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy, Part I

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Video Summary

Arthur Salivian and Jay Harness, surgeons at St. Joseph's Hospital in California, discuss their team-based approach to nipple-sparing mastectomies. They focus on oncoplastic techniques, which combine cancer and plastic surgery. They prefer the inframammary approach, making thicker skin flaps for flexibility in reconstruction. The process involves precise dissection to preserve subcutaneous fat and dividing Cooper's ligaments, while also marking and examining the cancerous areas. Their method allows for effective procedures on various breast sizes, improving outcomes, especially after radiation therapy. They've successfully expanded practices to include larger breast cases.

Keywords

nipple-sparing mastectomies

oncoplastic techniques

inframammary approach

breast reconstruction

radiation therapy