Reducing the risk of nipple necrosis: Technical observations in 340 nipple-sparing mastectomies

Breast Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-179

  Stolier, Alan J ^a   Levine, Edward A ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; Mastectomy; Nipple Sparing; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST NECROSIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GRACILIS FLAP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NIPPLE SPARING MASTECTOMY; PERFORATOR FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; NECROSIS; NIPPLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84874684275     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12078     Document Type: Review

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