Post mastectomy immediate breast reconstruction 13 years experience in a single centre.

Early diagnosis and multi-modality treatment has resulted in prolonged survival of many patients with carcinoma of breast. It is important that the surgeons who handle breast malignancies look at the psychological and cosmetic aspects without compromising the oncologic principles of surgery in carcinoma of the breast. Post mastectomy immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) addresses the psychological and cosmetic problems that follow mastectomy.