Experience with 250 cases of subcutaneous mastectomy.

Subcutaneous mastectomy is a recognised form of curative treatment in cases of carcinoma lobulare in situ and of any atypical proliferative mastopathy. Moreover a subcutaneous mastectomy should be recommended for these patients when multiple biopsies have been performed and long-term mammographic supervision is no longer possible. By using all the existing skin and subcutaneous tissue a good aesthetic result can be achieved and prostheses should only be used in cases where the existing tissues cannot provide an adequate breast reconstruction. The operative technique developed by Schrudde is described and the results of 250 cases are presented.