BACKGROUND: Immediate, implant-only breast reconstruction is traditionally discouraged inpatients who receive radiation therapy for reasons of the significant morbidity associated withthis approach. It is not clear however, whether this widely-recognized mantra of breastreconstruction is actually currently observed in practice. The aim of this study is thus to evaluatereconstruc...

OBJECTIVE To examine factors that affect wait times for women seeking breast reconstruction at a Canadian academic centre. METHODS A retrospective audit of 57 women seeking breast reconstruction over a three-year period was completed. Comparisons of wait times were made considering the surgical pathology, timing of reconstruction (immediate versus delayed), urgency of pathology, method of rec...

BACKGROUND For most breast cancer patients in the Czech Republic, breast reconstruction is available only in a delayed manner. In the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute (MMCI), suitable candidates are offered immediate breast reconstruction using tissue expander with later exchange to a permanent silicone implant. The aim of this study was to assess patient satisfaction with this type of reconst...

Background: The objective of this study is to analyze the incidence complications after breast reconstruction with pedicled or free flaps at hospital general de Mexico "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga”. Methods: A retrospective, single-center study, including 44 female patients, who underwent immediate delayed cancer, between 2019 and 2020, had least a 2-year follow up, evaluating association patient risk ...

We report a case of continued twitching of the latissimus dorsi muscle following breast conservation therapy, along with immediate reconstruction with a latissimus dorsi miniflap, which continued despite several attempts at control including BTX-A percutaneous local injection, and was finally cured by delayed division of the thoracodorsal nerve via a small well-tolerated axillary incision.

INTRODUCTION Round expander-implants (Beckers 25 and 50) and anatomical expander-prostheses filled with firm cohesive gel (McGhan Style 150) are established choices for single-stage expander breast reconstruction. Because of their drawbacks we selectively adopted the anatomical Becker-35 expander-implant filled with soft cohesive gel from January 2005. PATIENTS AND METHODS All patients underg...