Open AccessCONTRALATERAL PROPHYLACTIC MASTECTOMY AND SIMULTANEOUS BREAST RECONSTRUCTION WITH IMPLANTS AFTER ONE SIDED BREAST CANCER: ANALYSIS OF 12 CASES IN CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT TRENDS
Author(s) -
Roman Romansky,
George Baytchev,
Ivan Inkov,
Stefan Komitski
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of surgery and medicine/international journal of surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2367-7414
pISSN - 2367-699X
DOI - 10.5455/ijsm.contralateral-prophylactic-mastectomy
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , context (archaeology) , mastectomy , breast reconstruction , oncology , cancer , paleontology , biology
The contemporary tendency for increase of prophylactic surgical procedures as part of the sophisticated treatment of breast cancer is the foundation for the present study. Evaluation of risk factors for developing contralateral breast cancer, factors for an increase in prophylactic mastectomies and indications for performing those operations are briefly commented. Analysis of 12 cases of the authors surgical practice is presented regarding treatment approach from the oncological, reconstructive and aesthetic point of view. Results, complications, alternative methods, clinical importance and possible future aspects are discussed