PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Djohan, Risal
AU  - Zins, James E.
AU  - Rolston, David K.
AU  - Hermann, Robert
AU  - Churgin, Samara
AU  - Isakov, Raymond
AU  - Yetman, Randall
TI  - Reconstruction options following breast conservation therapy
DP  - 2008 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - S24--S29
VI  - 75
IP  - 3 suppl 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/3_suppl_1/S24.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/3_suppl_1/S24.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2008 Mar 01; 75
AB  - Women who have had breast conservation therapy for malignancy are candidates for various surgical techniques for immediate or delayed breast reconstruction. These include local tissue rearrangement, therapeutic reduction mammaplasty, and various flap reconstruction procedures. Each technique has advantages and disadvantages, and individual patient factors, particularly breast size and resection defect size, should drive the choice among procedures. Immediate reconstruction (at the time of breast conservation surgery) is preferred over delayed reconstruction, for multiple reasons. Patients tend to be satisfied with the cosmetic outcome of these procedures, but thorough patient counseling and preoperative planning is critical to a good result.