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Management of skin-sparing mastectomy: Results of a survey of German Hospitals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the current management of skin-sparing mastectomy in German hospitals and to determine its oncologic safety.
Friese, K.   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Comparison of Immediate Breast Reconstruction Outcomes in Patients With and Without Prior Cosmetic Breast Surgery

open access: yes, 2021
Skin-sparing (SSM) and nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) with immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) have significantly increased. There is limited information on complications of IBR in patients with prior cosmetic breast surgery (CBS).
Kronenfeld, Joshua P   +6 more
core   +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

Clinical Outcome of Immediate Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy for Breast Cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate clinical outcomes of breast cancer patients who underwent mastectomy with or without immediate breast reconstruction.
박형석   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Using ICG to Streamline Perforator Selection in DIEP Flap Reconstruction: Retrospective cohort study of outcomes in our first one hundred flaps

open access: yesJPRAS Open
Summary: The use of indocyanine green in conjunction with near infra-red fluoroscopy as an adjunct to the clinical assessment of tissue perfusion is now well established.1-3 Its intraoperative use in breast reconstruction with deep inferior epigastric ...
L.A. Reid   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breast Reconstructive Surgery

open access: yes, 2022
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. There is enough evidence that mastectomy has an important impact on patient self-esteem and body image. For this reason, breast reconstruction is an integral part of breast cancer treatment that improves patients’ quality of life and psychosocial well-being.
Masia, Jaume   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Feeling like me again : a grounded theory of the role of breast reconstruction surgery in self-image

open access: yes, 2013
The present study aimed to develop a theoretical understanding of the role of breast reconstruction in women's self-image. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 women from breast cancer support groups who had undergone breast reconstruction ...
Mckean, Lindsay N.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Uptake of breast reconstruction following mastectomy: a Gold Coast experience

open access: yes, 2022
Background: The breast reconstruction (BR) rate for women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer management is 18% in Australia. The Australian Access to Breast Reconstruction Collaborative Group recommends that all women should have access to BR.
Izwan, Sara   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Predictors of Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction in Kenya

open access: yesThe Annals of African Surgery, 2020
Background: Breast reconstruction following mastectomy has mental and physical health benefits. Several patient-centered factors predict the rate of breast reconstructions.
Stephen Gichuru   +3 more
doaj  

Integration of patient-reported outcome measures with key clinical outcomes after immediate latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction and adjuvant treatment

open access: yes, 2013
Background: linical evidence on patient-reported outcome measures (PROMS) in breast reconstruction is lacking. The aim of this study was to evaluate PROMs in implant-assisted latissimus dorsi (LDI) or tissue-only autologous latissimus dorsi (ALD) flap ...
Haviland, J.S.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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