TY - JOUR
T1 - The Breast-Areola Reduction/Reconstruction Technique Addressing the Central Lumpectomy Defect in Ptotic Breasts
AU - Wong Won, Brian S.
AU - Wang, Howard T.
AU - Karamanos, Efstathios
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/8/1
Y1 - 2024/8/1
N2 - Summary: For decades, oncoplastic techniques have been an emerging, yet underutilized approach to breast cancer surgery. Recent developments in breast oncology support the potential for the omission of radiation therapy in a subset of patients eligible for breast-conserving surgery, which makes immediate reconstruction available to a much larger demographic. Although existing oncoplastic methods have offered durable and cosmetically acceptable results in select cases, there remains significant room for improvement. This publication presents a novel option in oncoplastic reconstruction named Breast-Areola Reduction/Reconstruction (BARR) that utilizes the tenets of a superomedial pedicle breast reduction and a Wise-pattern closure to address asymmetry and deformity in treatment of central breast cancers. The BARR technique features principles that are foundational to plastic surgery training, which should augment the acquisition and delivery of oncoplastic surgery in the era of progress to come.
AB - Summary: For decades, oncoplastic techniques have been an emerging, yet underutilized approach to breast cancer surgery. Recent developments in breast oncology support the potential for the omission of radiation therapy in a subset of patients eligible for breast-conserving surgery, which makes immediate reconstruction available to a much larger demographic. Although existing oncoplastic methods have offered durable and cosmetically acceptable results in select cases, there remains significant room for improvement. This publication presents a novel option in oncoplastic reconstruction named Breast-Areola Reduction/Reconstruction (BARR) that utilizes the tenets of a superomedial pedicle breast reduction and a Wise-pattern closure to address asymmetry and deformity in treatment of central breast cancers. The BARR technique features principles that are foundational to plastic surgery training, which should augment the acquisition and delivery of oncoplastic surgery in the era of progress to come.
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U2 - 10.1097/GOX.0000000000006022
DO - 10.1097/GOX.0000000000006022
M3 - Article
C2 - 39534074
AN - SCOPUS:85200487807
SN - 2169-7574
VL - 12
SP - e6022
JO - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open
JF - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open
IS - 8
ER -