{"title":"Anatomy and physiology of the breast","authors":"Peter J Bazira","doi":"10.1016/j.mpsur.2024.09.003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sound knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the breast is crucial for surgeons performing oncoplastic, aesthetic, or reconstructive breast surgery. This article presents an outline of surgically relevant anatomy and physiology of the breast, including its arterial and nerve supply, venous and lymphatic drainage, ligamentous framework, and the nipple–areolar complex.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":74889,"journal":{"name":"Surgery (Oxford, Oxfordshire)","volume":"42 12","pages":"Pages 859-864"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Surgery (Oxford, Oxfordshire)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263931924001637","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Sound knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the breast is crucial for surgeons performing oncoplastic, aesthetic, or reconstructive breast surgery. This article presents an outline of surgically relevant anatomy and physiology of the breast, including its arterial and nerve supply, venous and lymphatic drainage, ligamentous framework, and the nipple–areolar complex.