Short-Term Surgical Complications of Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Direct-to-Implant Immediate Breast Reconstruction in Women Concurrently Treated with Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

Short-Term Surgical Complications of Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Direct-to-Implant Immediate Breast Reconstruction in Women Concurrently Treated with Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

Background Postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) is allegedly associated with a higher risk of complications of combined nipple-sparing or skin-sparing mastectomy and subpectoral direct-to-implant immediate breast reconstruction ([N]SSM/SDTI-IBR). For this reason, this combination is usually advised ag...

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Main Authors: Merel M. L. Kooijman, J. Joris Hage, Astrid N. Scholten, Marie-Jeanne T. F. D. Vrancken Peeters, Leonie A. E. Woerdeman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2022-05-01
Series:Archives of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
breast reconstruction
breast implant
radiotherapy
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1748648

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