170. The improved Trans-axillary Retromammary (TARM) approached video-assisted breast surgery is easier and feasible for the clinical use

Abstract

Background: The breast conserving surgery and the sentinel node (SN) biopsy became to be recognized as the standard treatment for early breast cancers. We have reported about cosmetic effectiveness and lower infestation of the video-assisted breast surgery (VABS) for the breast diseases. We devised the trans-axillary retro-mammary (TRAM) approach of VABS. It needs only one skin incision in the axilla and can treat any tumor even in the medial or lower side of the breast without making any injuries on the breast skin.