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Present surgical techniques and prostheses now permit any woman who has had a mastectomy to be reconstructed. Whether a womanshould have breast reconstruction must be decided only after full discussion of prognosis and attainable goals with the woman herself. A variety of choices of procedure, timing, and extent of surgery are available.

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  1. UMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

    Reuven K. Snyderman M. D. (Chief, Section of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Professor of Surgery (Plastic)

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Snyderman, R.K. Breast reconstruction today. Breast Cancer Res Tr 3, 5–13 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01806229

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