Immediate Breast Reconstruction After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Factors Associated With Surgical Selection and Complications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast reconstruction has become an integral component of breast cancer treatment, especially for patients who are unable to undergo breast-conserving surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). We analyzed factors influencing the type of immediate reconstruction surgery after NAC, as well as the complication rates for each surgery type.

Methods

The study included patients with breast cancer who underwent mastectomy following NAC from 2010 to 2021. Clinicopathological characteristics, unplanned reoperation rates, and the duration of postoperative hospitalization were analyzed in patients undergoing autologous tissue reconstruction (ATR, n = 127), implant-based reconstruction (IBR, n = 60), and combined autologous tissue and implant reconstruction (n = 60).

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SUBMITTER: Chi W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10373847 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature