In:
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 137, No. 6 ( 2016-06), p. 1702-1705
Abstract:
Skin-reduction mastectomy with prepectoral implant reconstruction is a novel technique for immediate breast reconstruction, with subcutaneous implant placement in patients eligible for skin-reducing mastectomy. Implants were placed above the pectoralis muscles in a compound pocket made by a dermal flap and acellular dermal matrix. The procedure was performed on 33 breasts in 27 selected patients. In three cases, there was skin ischemia; in one case, it healed spontaneously; and in two patients, a surgical necrosectomy and primary closure were needed. No implant loss occurred. This new technique proved to be a useful alternative, with good cosmetic results, in selected patients requiring mastectomy. These preliminary results need to be confirmed by long-term and comparative studies. CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic, IV.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0032-1052
DOI:
10.1097/PRS.0000000000002227
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2016
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2037030-1