Objective assessment of clinical, oncological and cosmetic outcomes following volume replacement in patients undergoing oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery: protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Oncoplastic breast surgery allows the excision of larger tumours without compromising cosmetic outcome and can be broadly divided into volume displacement and volume replacement techniques. Although oncoplastic surgery has rapidly gained acceptance and is now widely practised, evidence is still lacking especially in patients who underwent volume replacement techniques. As it is a relatively new technique that has been described in the literature in the recent years, a summary of evidence from this literature can help clinicians to understand the clinical, oncologicalandcosmetic outcomes of such procedures.

Methods and analysis

All original studies including randomised controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies and case series involving more than 10

SUBMITTER: Hu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6059305 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature