Alberto Rancati, MD
CORAL GABLES, Fla.—Preoperative use of fluorescence in patients undergoing mastectomy can help surgeons identify and map out critical vessels and nerves, not only reducing the risk for the dreaded complication of ischemia and necrosis of the nipple areolar complex (NAC) and mastectomy flaps, but also preserving sensation in the breast.
“Loss of sensitivity is feared by patients, and we have always told them that it’s a largely inevitable