[Initial experience with the fish-shaped incision in mastectomy].

The authors are showing their early experiences with the modified mastectomy with the use of the fish-shape incision, first published by Nowacki and Towpik in 1988. The fish-shaped incision reduces the amount of the skin in the axilla by adding two triangles on the lateral edge of the incision, prevents the "dog ear" deformity and makes the clearance of the axilla easier.