Is it safe to preserve the nipple areola complex during skin-sparing mastectomy for breast cancer?

Int J Fertil Womens Med. 2006 Sep-Oct;51(5):230-2.

Abstract

Skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM) with nipple areola complex (NAC) preservation appears to be oncologically safe, provided the tumor is not close to the nipple and a frozen section protocol for the retroareolar tissue is followed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mammaplasty / methods*
  • Mastectomy, Subcutaneous / methods*
  • Middle Aged
  • Nipples / surgery*
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Treatment Outcome