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The Goldilocks procedure was first described in 2012. It is a combination of mastectomy and autologous reconstruction using the redundant mastectomy flaps. It can allow reconstruction in high BMI, high-risk women not suited to more conventional or complex reconstruction techniques.

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  1. Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Rd, London, SW11 4AJ, UK

    Fiona MacNeill MBBS, FRCS, MD, FEBS

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  1. The Medical School Department of Oncology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Lynda Wyld

  2. Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece

    Christos Markopoulos

  3. Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

    Marjut Leidenius

  4. Department of Oncology & Radiotherapy, Gdańsk Medical University Department of Oncology & Radiotherapy, Gdańsk, Poland

    Elżbieta Senkus-Konefka

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MacNeill, F. (2018). Goldilocks Procedure. In: Wyld, L., Markopoulos, C., Leidenius, M., Senkus-Konefka, E. (eds) Breast Cancer Management for Surgeons. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56673-3_32

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