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Breast
Breast surgery is the procedure that improves appearance, position, volume and firmness of the breasts. Surgery techniques have been developed to meet women´s needs, in order to augment or enlarge the breasts, reduce the size of the breasts, enhance the appearance, or reconstruct the breast after a mastectomy.
Most patients who come to the surgeon´s office have an idea of the change they want from breast surgery. However, it is the surgeon´s responsibility to give the patient comprehensive information about the options available according to her particular conditions. Your surgeon may purpose a different option from one you had in mind. But you must remember you are in medical professional hands. Your surgeon works to take care of both your image and your health. If the physician finds physical limitations, you and your doctor may discuss the possibilities and come to a mutual understanding between two parties.
Breast structure
Here you will find the basic components of the breast structure and the surrounding organs and tissues, so you as a patient may understand the medical language and this website content.
Breasts are a pair of glandular organs in women, which produce milk through the mammary glands. These glands are located in the middle part of the chest. Breast is composed of:
Nipple and areola:
Small projection located in the center of breast.
Fatty tissue:
Layer of fatty tissue that surrounds the mammary glands and extends throughout the breast.
Lactiferous or galactophores ducts::
Ducts lead from the lobules of the mammary gland to the tip of the nipple.
Inframammary fold: :
Line or crease located just below the breast.
Skin bag::
Skin membrane containing the gland.
Pectoralis major muscle :
Large flat muscle, situated at the anterior part of the chest wall.
Pectoralis minor muscle :
Thin flat muscle covered by the pectoralis major.
Retromammary space:
Area of tissue between the mammary gland and the surrounding muscle layer.
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