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Toward a More Definitive Goldilocks Mastectomy: Simultaneous Addition of the Lateral Intercostal Perforator Flap

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2019
Summary:. The Goldilocks mastectomy was originally described as a safe technique that allowed for a single-stage autologous reconstruction in the patient who either was a poor candidate or was not interested in traditional multistage postmastectomy ...
Jean-Claude D. Schwartz, MD, PhD
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Differences in Preoperative Health-Related Quality of Life between Women Receiving Mastectomy or Breast Conserving Surgery in a Prospectively Recruited Cohort of Breast Cancer Patients

Current Oncology, 2022
As rates of total mastectomy rise, the relationships between surgery modality with domains of health-related quality of life is not well understood. This study reports differences in depression, anxiety, pain, and health status among a cohort of women ...
Elaine McKevitt, Maria Saleeb, Guiping Liu, Rebecca Warburton, Jin-Si Pao, Carol Dingee, Amy Bazzarelli, Katelynn Tang, Trafford Crump, Jason M. Sutherland   +9 more
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Racial Differences in Incidence of Anxiety and Depression Among Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Patients Using the All of Us Database

Surgeries
Background: Breast reconstruction after mastectomy may improve psychological sequelae for patients. The objective of this study is to characterize differences in depression and anxiety rates for mastectomy and breast reconstruction (BR) patients by race.
Stuti P. Garg, Namrata V. Chintalapati, Kirtana Sandepudi, Sammer Marzouk, Kelly C. Ho, Jason H. Ko, Robert D. Galiano   +6 more
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Breast‐conserving therapy is associated with better survival than mastectomy in Early‐stage breast cancer: A propensity score analysis

Cancer Medicine, 2022
Background Recent retrospective studies have reported that breast‐conserving therapy (BCT) led to improved overall survival (OS) than mastectomy in some populations.
Jiali Ji, Shushu Yuan, Jiawei He, Hong Liu, Lei Yang, Xuexin He   +5 more
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The Goldilocks mastectomy

International Journal of Surgery, 2012
To reconstruct a breast mound from cutaneous mastectomy flap tissue alone, obviating the need for additional flap or implant techniques.With growing numbers of obese and elderly women facing breast cancer, options outside of simple mastectomy without reconstruction and formal breast reconstruction using complex autologous flap harvesting techniques or ...
Richardson, Heather, Ma, Grace
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Prevalence of lymphedema after mastectomy in women living with breast cancer: a systematic review of the influence of immediate reconstruction [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2019
This study aimed to analyze, through systematic review of literature, the influence of immediate reconstruction on the prevalence of lymphedema after mastectomy, in women living with breast cancer.
Rafael Vilela Eiras Ribeiro
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Quality of Life among Post-Mastectomy with and without Reconstruction Breast Cancer Patients in Onkologi Surabaya Hospital

Indonesian Journal of Cancer, 2021
Background: The quality of life (QoL) of breast cancer (BCa) patients is an outcome of therapy that is often overlooked. In real life, postoperative breast cancer patients experience deep trauma in view that breasts are a symbol of femininity, which are ...
Cindy Angelina Limantara, Ario Djatmiko
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Mastectomy Incision Design to Optimize Aesthetic Outcomes in Breast Reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2020
Background:. Choosing the optimal mastectomy incision must account for oncologic, reconstructive, and aesthetic considerations, including nipple preservation, mastectomy skin margins and potential for skin involvement, mastectomy skin perfusion and ...
Adi Maisel Lotan, MD, Krystina C. Tongson, DO, Alice M. Police, MD, FACS, Wojciech Dec, MD   +3 more
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The Effects of Mastectomy and Post-Mastectomy Reconstructive Surgery of Breast-cancer Patients on their Depression, Self-esteem and Self-efficacy Beliefs

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 2019
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to draw a comparison between patients diagnosed with breast-cancer and had mastectomy and post-mastectomy reconstructive operation with respect to their depression, self-esteem and self-efficacy belief scores against ...
Zehra Kanmaz, Osman Tolga Aricak
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Decision-making about mastectomy among Chinese women with breast cancer: a mixed-methods study protocol

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction The prevalence of mastectomy in China is higher than its Western counterparts. Little is known about whether Chinese women with breast cancer have been involved in the decision-making process of mastectomy, the level of decisional conflict ...
Jing Liu, Dongmei Guo, Qin Lin, Sally Wai-chi Chan, Sharyn Hunter, Jiemin Zhu, Regina Lai-Tong Lee   +6 more
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