Effect of Total Breast Reconstruction With Autologous Fat Transfer Using an Expansion Device vs Implants on Quality of Life Among Patients With Breast Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is a need for a new, less invasive breast reconstruction option for patients who undergo mastectomy in their breast cancer treatment.

Objective

To investigate quality of life (QoL) among patients undergoing a new breast reconstruction technique, autologous fat transfer (AFT), compared with that among patients undergoing implant-based reconstruction (IBR).

Design, setting, and participants

The BREAST trial was a randomized clinical trial conducted between November 2, 2015, and October 31, 2021, performed in 7 hospitals across the Netherlands. Follow-up was 12 months. Referrals could be obtained from general practitioners and all departments from participating or nonparticipating hospitals. The patients with breast cancer who had undergone mastectomy an

SUBMITTER: Piatkowski AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9979010 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature