Department of Surgical Oncology, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Early experience with the modified transverse incision for mastectomy is presented. A 'fish-shaped' incision, by adding two triangles at the lateral tip, decreases the amount of excess skin and prevents the 'dog ear' deformity, makes up the difference in the length of the transverse edges depending on the location of the tumour and provides easy access to the axilla.