Oncoplastic breast volume replacement with the use of lateral intercostal artery perforator flap

Oncoplastic Breast Volume Replacement with the Use of Lateral Intercostal Artery Perforator Flaps

Usefulness of Oncoplastic Volume Replacement Techniques after Breast Conserving Surgery in Small to Moderate-sized Breasts

BACKGROUND In Korean women, many of whom have small to moderate-sized breasts, it is difficult to cover a partial breast defect using oncoplastic volume displacement techniques after removal of an adequate volume of tissue during oncologic surgery. In such cases, oncoplastic volume replacement techniques are more useful. METHODS From January 2007 to December 2011, 104 women underwent a total ...

Surgical Techniques for Personalized Oncoplastic Surgery in Breast Cancer Patients with Small- to Moderate-Sized Breasts (Part 2): Volume Replacement

Oncoplastic breast surgery has become a popular choice of treatment for breast reconstruction after mastectomy. There are two different techniques in oncoplastic surgery depending on the volume of the excised breast tissue. One is the volume displacement procedure, which combines resection with a variety of different breast-reshaping and breast-reduction techniques; the other is the volume repl...

Internal Mammary Artery Perforator Flap for Immediate Volume Replacement Following Wide Local Excision of Breast Cancer

BACKGROUND Breast-conserving therapy is defined as a breast-conserving wide local excision (WLE) of a mammary tumour combined with postoperative radiotherapy. Immediate restoration of the mammary shape by use of breast reduction techniques (volume displacement) or tissue replacement techniques (volume replacement) is gaining popularity to prevent breast malformation. METHODS To date, using th...

Abstract: Oncoplastic Volume Replacement Using Local Perforator Flaps

M oday, Sptem er 6, 2016 days (40–1083). There were a number of surgical indications: malignancy (n=25), risk reduction (n=40), revision (n=32) and delayed reconstruction (n=8). Incision type varied; wise pattern (32), IMF (48) and transverse/vertical (20). Mean mastectomy weight was 473g (73–1679), and median implant volume: 409cc (165–620). Length of stay was 0.96 days. Four patients experien...