[The comparative characteristics of methods for breast reconstruction after a mastectomy]

Ablation of the breast because of cancer is a damaging operation leading the patients on a heavy psycho trauma. At the background of the main disease--cancer, deformation of the chest wall, caused by mastectomy their depression deteriorates. Therefore the breast reconstruction today is considered as an indivisible part of the complex treatment process. The techniques by means of witch the reconstruction could be achieved are: implantation of breast prosthesis, pedicle or free myocutaneous flaps. We enclose the comparative characteristic of the treatment results of 70 patients using different techniques.