Breast - Surgery
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

What do breast surgeons do?

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: There are an increasing number of fellowship-trained breast surgeons and surgical oncologists who dedicate their clinical practice exclusively to breast disease. However, there are little published data regarding characteristics of a ... Read more...

Custom-made Reduction Mammaplasty.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Macromastia is a health problem that requires the coordination of surgical and medical specialists. Goals of reduction mammaplasty are to alleviate physical, emotional and psychosocial discomforts and to restore a conical-shaped breast, ... Read more...

Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction: a history in evolution.

30 Jul 2009 Although the need for mastectomy has been evident for many years, postmastectomy reconstruction has been recognized as an achievable outcome for only a little over a century. A review of the evolution of both autologous and prosthetic options for ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Breast - Surgery'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• What do breast surgeons do? 29 Sep 2009
• Presidential address: The making of a breast surgeon. 29 Sep 2009
• Custom-made Reduction Mammaplasty. 30 Aug 2009
• Post-mastectomy breast reconstruction: a history in evolution. 30 Jul 2009
• Breast augmentation by autologous fat injection grafting: management and clinical analysis of complications. 30 Jul 2009
• A rejoinder to "Where's the outrage?". 30 Jul 2009
• Minimally invasive breast biopsy. 30 Jul 2009
• Paracetamol versus metamizol in the treatment of postoperative pain after breast surgery: a randomized, controlled trial. 30 Jul 2009
• A novel ultrasound-guided electrosurgical loop device for intra-operative excision of breast lesions; an improvement in surgical technique. 30 Jul 2009
• Multicentric Castleman disease: an unusual breast lump. 25 Jul 2009
• Calculation of silicone breast implant volumes using breast magnetic resonance imaging. 29 Jun 2009
• Pseudoaneurysm of the breast during vacuum-assisted removal. 29 Jun 2009
• [Diagnostic pitfalls in mammary pathology. Case 2. Atypical duct hyperplasia within columnar cell changes with atypia] 10 Jun 2009
• Screening at breast reduction. More than a little extra work. 7 Jun 2009
• [Comment on the letter to the editor "Paravertebral block for breast surgery"] 30 May 2009
• A spreadsheet to determine the volume ratio for target and breast in partial breast irradiation. 30 May 2009
• Aesthetic correction of tuberous breast deformity: lessons learned with a single-stage procedure. 29 Apr 2009
• Wise-pattern breast reconstruction: modification using AlloDerm and a vascularized dermal-subcutaneous pedicle. 29 Apr 2009
• Breast reconstruction for breast asymmetry using recipient site pre-expansion and autologous fat grafting: a case report. 29 Apr 2009
• Nipple-sparing mastectomy: evaluation of patient satisfaction, aesthetic results, and sensation. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Breast'

Definition: In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES.

Descriptor UI: D001940

Alternative terms: Breast; Breasts;

Related Mesh Headings: Lactation; Mammary Glands, Animal; Mammography; Mastectomy; Mammaplasty;

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; injuries; innervation; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; transplantation; ultrastructure; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A01.236;

Technical Notes: human only; animal is MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; /surg: consider also MASTECTOMY & MAMMAPLASTY; inflammation = MASTITIS; tuberc of breast = MASTITIS (IM) + TUBERCULOSIS (IM), not TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE; self-examination = BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION