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Skin sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction for breast cancer: a three to five year follow-up study of post-operative patients looking at cosmetic outcome
Over 100 years ago Halsted described the radical mastectomy for early breast cancer. 1 This involved wide, en bloc removal of the tumour, normal surrounding structures of the chest wall, and contents of the axilla. For 75 years this remained the treatment of choice for women with breast cancer. Most...
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| description | Over 100 years ago Halsted described the radical mastectomy for early breast cancer. 1 This involved wide, en bloc removal of the tumour, normal surrounding structures of the chest wall, and contents of the axilla. For 75 years this remained the treatment of choice for women with breast cancer. Most tumours could be resected using this approach and local recurrences were rare. However, this radical surgical approach was associated with significant short- and long term morbidity. Removal of the pectoralis muscles resulted in major aesthetic chest wall deformity. Other complications involved impaired range of movement, chronic lymphoedema and poor quality of life. However, the most important weakness of radical mastectomy was its failure to influence long-term survival. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/39968 Skin sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction for breast cancer: a three to five year follow-up study of post-operative patients looking at cosmetic outcome Muller, Elsie Maria Kahn, D Surgery Over 100 years ago Halsted described the radical mastectomy for early breast cancer. 1 This involved wide, en bloc removal of the tumour, normal surrounding structures of the chest wall, and contents of the axilla. For 75 years this remained the treatment of choice for women with breast cancer. Most tumours could be resected using this approach and local recurrences were rare. However, this radical surgical approach was associated with significant short- and long term morbidity. Removal of the pectoralis muscles resulted in major aesthetic chest wall deformity. Other complications involved impaired range of movement, chronic lymphoedema and poor quality of life. However, the most important weakness of radical mastectomy was its failure to influence long-term survival. 2024-06-19T09:21:45Z 2024-06-19T09:21:45Z 2007 2024-06-19T09:10:14Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39968 eng application/pdf Department of Surgery Faculty of Health Sciences |
| spellingShingle | Surgery Muller, Elsie Maria Skin sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction for breast cancer: a three to five year follow-up study of post-operative patients looking at cosmetic outcome |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Skin sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction for breast cancer: a three to five year follow-up study of post-operative patients looking at cosmetic outcome |
| title_full | Skin sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction for breast cancer: a three to five year follow-up study of post-operative patients looking at cosmetic outcome |
| title_fullStr | Skin sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction for breast cancer: a three to five year follow-up study of post-operative patients looking at cosmetic outcome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Skin sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction for breast cancer: a three to five year follow-up study of post-operative patients looking at cosmetic outcome |
| title_short | Skin sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction for breast cancer: a three to five year follow-up study of post-operative patients looking at cosmetic outcome |
| title_sort | skin sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction for breast cancer a three to five year follow up study of post operative patients looking at cosmetic outcome |
| topic | Surgery |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39968 |
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