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This article describes a new method of external traction elevation which is applied to the breast in order to perform an oncologically thorough glandular removal and axillary dissection followed by immediate autologous reconstruction while significantly reducing wound morbidity and greatly improving cosmesis.
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Friedlander, L.D., Sundin, J. & Bakshandeh, N. Endoscopy mastectomy and breast reconstruction: Endoscopic breast surgery. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 19, 27–29 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209307
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00209307