Endoscopy-Assisted Breast Surgery for Breast Cancer

Abstract

AbstractModified radical mastectomy was traditionally the preferred method for treating operable breast cancer. With advances in surgical techniques over the past few decades, breast-conserving surgery (BCS) and sentinel lymph node biopsy are now acceptable treatments for early breast cancer. Over the last two decades, endoscopic techniques had initially been adapted to facilitate cosmetic breast augmentation surgery but are now increasingly adopted in the surgical management of breast cancer [1–3]. It is often done to optimize the cosmetic outcome by performing surgery through small wounds hidden in the axilla or periareolar areas. If endoscopic mastectomy is performed, it is often followed by immediate reconstruction.