Shrotria S
Ashford Breast Unit, Ashford Hospital, Middlesex, UK.
Br J Plast Surg. 2001 Mar;54(2):128-31. doi: 10.1054/bjps.2000.3506.
This paper describes a method of immediate breast reconstruction following conservative breast surgery. The technique is innovative in that axillary clearance, quadrantectomy and the harvest of the latissimus dorsi muscle are carried out through a small transverse axillary incision with no incision in the breast.