[Subcutaneous mastectomy. Indications and surgical technics].

After having specified basic anatomy notions (excision line, vascularization, innervation), technics of under cutaneous mammectomy are presented with their alternatives and their difficulties. The opportunity and methods of the prosthetic restoration are debated. Present indications of the under cutaneous mammectomy are related in detail in the malignant and preneoplastic pathology and under other circumstances.