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01-02-2020 | Mastectomy | Breast Oncology

Much Ado About Nipples

Author: Suzanne B. Coopey, MD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 2/2020

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The nipple areola complex (NAC) is the focal point of the breast. Saving the NAC at the time of mastectomy provides women with a postoperative reconstructed breast appearance that is most like their native breast. Many women who require or elect to have a mastectomy prefer to keep their nipple(s). When nipples are spared at the time of mastectomy plus reconstruction, postoperative psychosocial well-being and sexual well-being are significantly better.1 …

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Title: Much Ado About Nipples
Author: Suzanne B. Coopey, MD
Publication date: 01-02-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Mastectomy
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
Incision
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 2/2020
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-019-07950-3

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