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Sterile acellular dermal collagen as a treatment for rippling deformity of breast. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Prosthetic implants are frequently used for breast augmentation and breast reconstruction following mastectomy. Unfortunately, long-term aesthetic results of prosthetic breast restoration may be hindered by complications such as rippling, capsular ...
Busse, Brittany   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Clinical Data Related to Breast Reconstruction; Looking Back on the 21th Century and Forward to the Next Steps [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Breast reconstruction after breast cancer surgery represents a positive step in restoring a women’s idea of self by reestablishing her feminine features and confidence, thus improving essential aesthetic and emotional aspects. Regarded as the cornerstone
Cristina, Filip Iulia   +3 more
core   +6 more sources

Axillary Reconstruction with a Posterior Circumflex Humeral Artery Perforator Flap as a Salvage Surgery for Axillary Invasion of Advanced Breast Cancer

open access: yesPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2018
Summary:. A case of advanced breast carcinoma with large skin invasion that extended from the breast to the axilla and which was reconstructed with a meshed split skin graft for the chest defect and a posterior circumflex humeral artery perforator flap ...
Yuki Otsuki, MD, PhD   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decisional conflict in breast cancer patients considering immediate breast reconstruction

open access: yesBreast, 2021
Background: Breast cancer (BC) patients who are treated with mastectomy are frequently offered immediate breast reconstruction. This study aimed to assess decisional conflict in patients considering immediate breast reconstruction, and to identify ...
Jacqueline A. ter Stege   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Combined Reconstruction and Registration of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has the potential to en- hance breast cancer detection by reducing the confounding e ect of su- perimposed tissue associated with conventional mammography.
Arridge, S   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Defining the Value of Breast Reconstruction Surgeons: Quantifying Clinical Encounter and Operative Volume at an Academic Center

open access: yesPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2022
Background:. Despite growing rates of postmastectomy breast reconstruction, the time contribution of breast reconstruction surgeons in comprehensive breast cancer care is often poorly accounted for by hospital and healthcare systems.
Amanda R. Sergesketter, MD   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A comparative study of breast surface reconstruction for aesthetic outcome assessment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer type in women, and while its survival rate is generally high the aesthetic outcome is an increasingly important factor when evaluating different treatment alternatives.
Bishop, David   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Breast Reconstruction Use and Impact on Surgical and Oncologic Outcomes Amongst Inflammatory Breast Cancer Patients—A Systematic Review

open access: yesCurrent Oncology, 2023
Breast reconstruction is generally discouraged in women with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) due to concerns with recurrence and poor long-term survival.
Ananya Gopika Nair   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Postmastectomy breast reconstruction awareness and attitudes in Nigerian women with breast cancer: A descriptive, cross sectional survey

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Sciences, 2022
Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa has a high burden of breast cancer and very low rates of breast reconstruction. This study aimed to determine the awareness of and attitude to breast reconstruction among women with breast cancer who had mastectomy ...
Afieharo I Michael   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bilateral breast reconstruction with abdominal free flaps:a single centre, single surgeon retrospective review of 55 consecutive patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Breast reconstruction using free tissue transfer is an increasingly utilised oncoplastic procedure. The aim was to review all bilateral breast reconstructions using abdominal free flaps by a single surgeon over an 11-year period (2003–2014).
Chin, Kuen   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

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