Subcutaneous mastectomy is surgery to remove internal breast tissue. The nipple and skin are left intact. Prophylactic mastectomy is a mastectomy done before any evidence of cancer can be found, for the purpose of preventing cancer. This procedure is sometimes performed on women at very high risk of breast cancer. Quadrantectomy is a partial mastectomy in which the quarter of the breast that contains a tumor is removed.
Segmental mastectomy is a partial mastectomy.
Simple mastectomy or total mastectomy removes only the breast and areola. Inflammation or infection of the breast. Surgery to lift sagging breasts. The procedure is not permanent. The time in a woman's life when monthly cycles of menstruation cease forever and the level of hormones produced by the ovaries decreases.