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Delayed Breast Reconstruction with Temporary Expanders and Definitive Implants

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Delayed breast reconstruction with implants can achieve satisfactory cosmetic outcomes and low morbidity. It is a surgical procedure that has minor risks, and in many cases can be performed as day surgery. Overall, this is the most used technique owing to its practicability. The aim of this chapter is to describe the indications, preoperative evaluation, operative techniques, and complications related to implant-based delayed breast reconstruction.

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  1. Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Division, Breast Unit, Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças, Positivo University, Curitiba, Brazil

    Cicero Urban

  2. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

    Mario Rietjens

  3. Medical School, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

    Pedro Vinicius Staziaki & Vanessa Fiorini Furtado

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    Mario Rietjens

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Urban, C., Rietjens, M., Staziaki, P.V., Furtado, V.F. (2013). Delayed Breast Reconstruction with Temporary Expanders and Definitive Implants. In: Urban, C., Rietjens, M. (eds) Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2652-0_31

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