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Review

Scars After Breast Reconstruction

Wouter B. van der Sluis  1
Luc Téot  1 , Thomas A. Mustoe  2 , Esther Middelkoop  3 , Gerd G. Gauglitz  4
, editors.
In: Textbook on Scar Management: State of the Art Management and Emerging Technologies [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2020. Chapter 62.
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Scars After Breast Reconstruction

Wouter B. van der Sluis.
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Breast cancer develops in the lifetime of 12% of women. Breast reconstruction increases the quality of life in these women. There are different surgical options for breast reconstruction: immediate or delayed prosthesis-based reconstruction, oncoplastic reconstruction, fat grafting, and free or pedicled flap reconstructions. Different techniques leave different scars on the breast. Here, we present a woman with a breast scar after breast reconstruction using a deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap.

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