Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Male Breast

 

Description:

The thorax has a fundamental role in the aesthetic of the male body: congenital or acquired alterations are experienced as extremely frustrating clinical situations. Most breast surgery texts briefly mention  gynecomastia, but no text comprehensively addresses the male breast and thorax, including reconstructive and cosmetic surgery and surgery in transgender patients. This gap is now thoroughly filled by Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery of the Male Breast: after introducing principles of anatomy and aesthetics for the male thorax, the first part focusses on the main congenital malformations and their treatment; the main benign acquired pathologies and their treatment (including an ample section dedicated to gynecomastia), the carcinoma of the male breast, with reference to familiar forms; the treatment of carcinoma and reconstruction of the thorax. The book closes with a chapter dedicated to breast surgery in transgender patients. While female breast surgery is increasingly practiced in specific Breast Units and highly specialized centers, male breast issues are treated in general and plastic surgeries units. This handy volume is a sound reference for the most complex clinical cases, and the latest reconstruction treatments for the male thorax and will be useful for general and thoracic surgeons, plastic surgeons and senologists.

 

Table of Contents:

 

Part I. Aesthetic Aspects of the Male Chest

1.  Arts and Aesthetics of Male Chest

Part II. Anatomy of the Male Chest

2.  Preoperative Considerations on the Thorax: Anatomy and Surgical Landmarks

Part III. Male Chest Congenital Pathologies

3.  Poland’s Syndrome

4.  Pectus Excavatum

5.  Pectus Carinatum

Part IV. Benign Pathologies of Male Breast

6.  Gynecomastia

7.  Gynecomastia After Massive Weight Loss: Reshaping with Intercostal Perforator Flaps

8.  Male Tuberous Breast

Part V. Oncologic Pathologies of Male Breast

9.  Skin Tumors of the Male Chest

10.  Breast Cancer in Men: Oncology

11.  Male Breast Cancer: Oncologic Surgery

12.  Male Breast Cancer: Reconstructive Surgery

Part VI. Anterior Chest Wall Reconstruction

13.  Chest Fistula Repair

14.  Pedicled Flaps for Anterior Chest Wall Reconstruction

15.  Free Flaps for Anterior Chest Wall Reconstruction

Part VII. Feminization of the Male Chest

16.  Augmentation Mammoplasty in Trans Women

Part VIII. Masculinization of the Female Chest

17.  Mastectomy in Trans Men