COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MAMMOGRAPHIC AND ANTHROPOMETRIC BREAST VOLUME MEASUREMENTS PREOPERATIVELY WITH POST-MASTECTOMY SPECIMEN VOLUME IN CARCINOMA BREAST PATIENTS

Objective: A precise measurement of breast volume is a critical component preoperative planning for achieving symmetry, particularly in women undergoing breast-conserving surgery with oncoplastic reconstruction. Carcinoma the most prevalent form malignancy and its treatment continues to evolve emphasis individual care. The aim this study was assess precision mammographic anthropometric methods measuring volume, post-mastectomy specimen functioning as analysis’s control. Methods: Breast measured preoperatively using mammography (anatomic) methods, water displacement method (Archimedes) after total mastectomy. enrolled 126 cancer patients admitted mastectomy period 12 months. findings obtained were statistically compared values acquired other two approaches. Results: from mean 791.67 mL (range: 504.6–980.6). approach yielded 807.76 (493.7–971.2) whereas 786.81 (488.6–956.1) values. Paired t-test analysis revealed that more accurate all age groups method, significant p<0.001. Conclusion: Mammography shown be before surgical intervention, evidenced by current when method.