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Reconstruction of the Nipple-Areola Complex

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Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women. Increasingly, women are choosing to undergo bilateral or unilateral prophylactic mastectomies in addition to therapeutic mastectomies. Accordingly, reconstructive procedures have also increased by as much as 203%. Breast reconstruction can provide significant psychosocial benefits for women. Nipple and areola reconstruction, a combination of artistic and geometric pursuits, is often the final step in breast reconstruction and has been said to offer patients a sense of “completeness.” However, it must be approached with considerable caution. In this chapter, we will discuss the indications and contraindications, techniques, controversies, alternatives, and future work for nipple and areola reconstruction.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Harvard Combined Plastic Surgery Residency Program, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Johanna N. Riesel M.D.

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1153 Centre Street, Suite 21, Boston, MA, 02130, USA

    Yoon S. Chun M.D.

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    Melvin A. Shiffman

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Riesel, J.N., Chun, Y.S. (2018). Reconstruction of the Nipple-Areola Complex. In: Shiffman, M. (eds) Nipple-Areolar Complex Reconstruction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60925-6_42

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