RT Book, Section A1 Hammond, Dennis C. A1 O'Connor, Elizabeth A2 Morita, Shane Y. A2 Balch, Charles M. A2 Klimberg, V. Suzanne A2 Pawlik, Timothy M. A2 Posner, Mitchell C. A2 Tanabe, Kenneth K. SR Print(0) ID 1145765830 T1 Skin Reduction Mastectomy with Reconstruction T2 Textbook of Complex General Surgical Oncology YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071793315 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1145765830 RD 2024/03/28 AB Skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM) has emerged as an oncologically safe approach to early-stage breast cancer and prophylactic mastectomies.1,2 This technique improves aesthetic outcomes by preserving the maximum amount of native anatomy including the inframammary fold, which improves the shape and position of the breast mound. The maximal amount of uninvolved skin is preserved, reducing or removing the need for a reconstructive skin paddle. The aesthetic results using this native envelope cannot be matched by any reconstructive technique.