[Subtotal radical resection and primary reconstruction in breast cancer]

The authors present information on 44 patients with local breast carcinoma (Stages II and III) who were treated by a new type of operation in the form of radical subtotal resection of the breast and one-stage reconstruction without the use of endoprostheses. The authors describe some scientific and technical problems of the performance of these complicated surgical interventions. In future these operations may become operations of choice for a certain category of patients because they solve both therapeutic and rehabilitation problems.