1. Coordinator of the Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Program of the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein – São Paulo – SP. Coordinator of the Cardiac Surgery Service of the Hans Dieter Schmidt Hospital – Joinville – SC. Master’s Degree in Surgical Clinics at Federal University of Paraná. 2. Cardiovascular Surgeon of the Hans Dieter Schmidt Hospital – Joinville – SC. Robinson POFFO1, Renato Ba...

BACKGROUND Patients with moderate to severe ptosis are often considered poor candidates for nipple-sparing mastectomy. This results from the perceived risk of nipple necrosis and/or the inability of the reconstructive surgeon to reliably and effectively reposition the nipple-areola complex on the breast mound after mastectomy. METHODS A retrospective review identified patients with grade II/I...

BACKGROUND The new trend in diagnosis of the lymph node is sentinel node biopsy. This method has become increasingly accepted as a minimally invasive alternative to routine axillary dissection. Although the results of numerous studies have shown that sentinel node biopsy can accurately determine the axillary nodal status, the identification rates and false-negative rates have been variable. The...

INTRODUCTION Breast cancer accouns for 22.9% of all cancers in women and 13.7% of cancer deaths. Positive axillary lymphnodes (ALN) predict the development of distant metastases. The status of the sentinel lymphnode (SLN) is crutial for the treatment selection. AIM To determine the benefits of SLN detection in patients with breast cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODOLOGY 38 female patients (pts), a...