[Expanding the indications spectrum for breast saving therapy of breast carcinoma by oncoplastic operations]

Esthetically unfavorable results may occur in 15%-20% after breast-conserving therapy for breast carcinoma. With increasing experience, plastic reconstructive techniques have evolved for reconstructing even large parenchymal defects after segmentectomy or in adverse tumor sites with esthetically reliable results. This had led to an expansion in the indication for breast-conserving therapy.