Figure 2.

Surgical wounds were assessed over time. (A) Surgical wounds on the areola (arrows) were fixed with medical tape during the immediate postoperative period. A chest drain (arrowhead) was placed by means of the fifth intercostal space at the anterior axillary line. (B) Surgical wounds on the areola (arrows) and the wound for the drainage tube (arrowhead) scabbed over on postoperative day 7. (C) Surgical wounds on the areola (arrows) were nearly invisible, although the wound for the drainage tube (arrowhead) was detected at postoperative month 12.