Design of the obliquely placed modified Stewart incision for cancer of the inner quadrant of the breast. The medial extent of the incision often must incorporate skin to the midsternum to allow a 1 to 2 cm margin in all directions from the edge of the tumor. Lateral extent of the incision ends at the anterior margin of the latissimus.
Reproduced with permission from: Bland KI. Modified radical mastectomy and total (simple) mastectomy. In: Master Techniques in General Surgery: Breast Surgery, Bland KI, Klimberg SV (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2011. Copyright © 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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