Overview: video-assisted breast surgery

Since 1992, video-assisted surgery for the breast has been developed mainly in the field of plastic surgery, notably in breast augmentation surgery. Today, video-assisted surgery, indicating partial or total endoscopic surgery, can be performed for the treatment of both benign and malignant breast t...

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Published in:Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy 2002, Vol.56, p.187s-191s
Main Authors: TAMAKI, Yasuhiro, TSUKAMOTO, Fumine, MIYOSHI, Yasuo, TANJI, Yoshiro, TAGUCHI, Tetsuya, NOGUCHI, Shinzaburo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Breast Neoplasms - surgery
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Mammary gland diseases
Medical sciences
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy - methods
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy - statistics & numerical data
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the genital tract and mammary gland
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - methods
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted - statistics & numerical data
Tumors
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Summary:Since 1992, video-assisted surgery for the breast has been developed mainly in the field of plastic surgery, notably in breast augmentation surgery. Today, video-assisted surgery, indicating partial or total endoscopic surgery, can be performed for the treatment of both benign and malignant breast tumors to improve the cosmetic outcome. Although, in some respects, this kind of surgery for malignant tumors is still experimental, it is feasible enough for clinical use, and is expected to become one of the standard operations for breast cancer.
ISSN:0753-3322
1950-6007