Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
simple mastectomy Audio
[ sim-puhl ma-stek-tuh-mee ]
Subclass of:
Mastectomy
Definitions related to simple mastectomy:
  • (total mastectomy) A surgical procedure involving the removal of the entire breast tissue, nipple and a portion of the overlying skin, while leaving the axillary contents intact.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (mastectomy, simple) Removal of only the breast tissue and nipple and a small portion of the overlying skin.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Background The surgical principles underlying simple mastectomy have a long history. First defined in ancient Egyptian literature, mastectomy was systematically detailed in 1882 by Halsted, who advocated a radical extensive procedure that involved excision not only of the breast but also of the underlying pectoral muscles and axillary...
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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