Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
What is Oncoplastic Breast Surgery?
It is a type of surgery in which the tumor is removed from the breast using the surgical techniques used in plastic surgeries
What is the aim of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery?
The main aim is to remove the cancer from the breast in the correct way surgically and obtain very satisfying cosmetic results
What are the indications of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery?
The patient has a sized breast and removing the tumor will lead to breast deformity
The patient has medium-sized breasts but a large part of the breast needs to be removed
The patient has a large ptotic breast causing neck and back pain, which can be corrected at the same time as tumor removal.
The patient has a tumor in the lower part of the breast where a traditional excision would lead to breast deformity.
What are the advantages of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery?
(1) Facilitates tumor removal with an adequate safety margin
(2)The possibility of breast conservation in patients who would have otherwise undergone a mastectomy
(3)Preserving the breast shape and size without any visible scars
(4)Getting a better cosmetic result in cases with excessive breast ptosis
(5) Relieving neck and back in cases with huge breast size
What are the types of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery?
There are 2 main types of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery.
Volume displacement techniques:
These surgeries are suitable for patients who desire to reduce their breast size
The cosmetic results are similar to those done for breast lift and breast reduction in plastic surgeries
Surgery can be done also for the other breast to improve symmetry and cosmetic outcome
Volume replacement techniques:
- These surgeries include rotating part of the skin and fat from behind the breast to fill the defect created by tumor removal
- Suitable for patients with small and medium-sized breasts
- Permits maintaining the original breast size
- Surgery is done with no visible scars on the breast
- No need to do surgery for the other breast
Does Oncoplastic Breast Surgery increase the risk of complications in comparison to standard breast conservative surgery?
- Oncoplastic Breast Surgery doesn’t increase the risk of complications in comparison to standard breast conservative surgery and obtains better cosmetic outcomes .
