PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore and describe women's experiences of transverse rectus abdominus musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap breast reconstruction following mastectomy for breast cancer. DESIGN Qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive. SETTING A private hospital in Perth, Western Australia. SAMPLE Purposive sampling. Inclusion criteria were English-speaking women who had undergone TRAM fla...

INTRODUCTION Mastectomy is an essential but disfiguring operation in cancer treatment. The negative impact on body image can however be prevented by immediate reconstruction. AIM The aim of this study was to determine the reasons why patients choose to have or not to have immediate breast reconstruction. METHODOLOGY This is a cross sectional descriptive study of breast cancer patients post-...

The term oncoplastic surgery was first coined by Gabka and Bohmert [1], reflecting a recognition that the cosmetic outcome of breast surgery is an important part of patient outcomes. With the publication of practice guidelines, the principles of oncoplastic surgery were embedded in the management of breast cancer [2-6]. The evidence that poor aesthetic outcomes after breast surgery adversely im...

The cohort of patients was divided into four groups of thirty patients: • Group A: Patients submitted to the left breast reconstruction with tissue expander and implant after modified radical mastectomy • Group B: Patients submitted to the left breast reconstruction with expander and implant after skin/nipple sparing mastectomy • Group C: Patients submitted to subglandular breast augmentation •...

BACKGROUND Indocyanine green angiography has gained popularity in breast reconstruction for its ability to assess mastectomy skin and tissue flap viability. The authors aim to analyze trends and outcomes associated with indocyanine green angiography use in breast reconstruction. METHODS Using 2012 to 2014 data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample, Agency ...

Significant advances have been made to the reconstructive tools available to plastic surgeons allowing for the re-exploration of subcutaneous breast reconstruction. The purpose of the current study is to examine the safety, efficacy, and aesthetic results of subcutaneous breast reconstruction by a single-surgeon. A retrospective chart review was performed on all patients undergoing subcutaneous...

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is an innovative imaging modality that provides 3D reconstructed images of breast to detect the breast cancer. Projections obtained with an X-ray source moving in a limited angle interval are used to reconstruct 3D image of breast. Several reconstruction algorithms are available for DBT imaging. Filtered back projection algorithm has traditionally been used to...

The purpose of this study was to identify important sociodemographic factors affecting the utilization of immediate and early delayed postmastectomy breast reconstruction in the United States. Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program, all cases of mastectomy-treated breast cancer that were reported to a SEER registry in 1998 were identified. Data were limited to reco...

Racial disparities in breast reconstruction for breast cancer are documented. Place of service has contributed to disparities in cancer care; but the interaction of race/ethnicity and place of service has not been explicitly examined. We examined whether place of service modified the effect of race/ethnicity on receipt of reconstruction. We included women with a mastectomy for incident breast c...