Preserving the Nipple Areola Complex
Total Health | October 21st, 2008
Professor Kefah Mokbel MSmultiple sclerosis FRCS, Consultant Breast & Endocrine Surgeon at St. George’s & The Princess Grace Hospitals and the London Breast Institute has written an article confirming that skin-sparing mastectomy with nipple areolaThe small area of darkened skin surrounding the nipple of the breast complex preservation appears to be oncologically safe, provided the tumourAn abnormal swelling. is not close to the nipple and a frozen section protocol for the retro-areolar tissueA group of cells with a similar structure and a specialised function.
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