METHOD FOR FORMING A SUBPECTORAL POCKET DURING BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AFTER MASTECTOMY Russian patent published in 2021 - IPC A61B17/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely surgery, oncology and mammology. In the lower part of the formed pocket, in the projection of the breast crease, a fasciomyotomy is performed medially from the line drawn from the nipple to the median line, as shown in dwg. 1, and laterally to the anterior axillary line. At the same time, all the fascia are dissected arch-like anteriorly to the subcutaneous fat, and in the medial part, the fibers of the pectoralis major muscle are also dissected.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to form a pocket of a larger volume to accommodate either an implant or an expander of greater filling under the pectoralis major muscle, eliminating the risks of rib indentation when filling it and reducing the likelihood of expander protrusion, which makes it possible to achieve a good aesthetic effect.

1 cl, 4 dwg, 2 ex