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SUBCUTANEOUS MAMMECTOMY [1 record]

Record 1 2008-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

Excision of the breast tissues, but sparing the skin, nipple, and areola; usually followed by implantation of a prosthesis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
DEF

Ablation chirurgicale du sein avec conservation de la peau, du mamelon et de l'aréole.

OBS

Le terme «mammectomie», couramment employé comme synonyme de «mastectomie», est étymologiquement incorrect.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía
DEF

Extirpación quirúrgica del tejido mamario de una o ambas mamas, pero conservando la piel, la areola y el pezón.

CONT

Mastectomía subcutánea [...] Extirpación del tejido de la glándula mamaria, sin extirpar nada de piel. Se diferencia de la mastectomía simple o la mastectomía radical en que no se extirpa el complejo areola-pezón por realizarse por patología benigna.

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