Long-term course of the changes in the nipple position after breast-conserving surgery

Mao Kimoto, Makoto Ishitobi, Nao Imai et al
Long-term course of the changes in the nipple position after breast-conserving surgery
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Purpose

 Even if favorable cosmetic outcomes are obtained shortly after breast-conserving surgery (BCS), cosmetic changes may occur up to several years after BCS. In the present study, we evaluated cosmetic changes while focusing on changes in the nipple position after BCS.

Methods

 We examined the long-term course of changes in the nipple position over time after BCS using the proportion of the distance between the sternal notch and nipple (PDSN) in 196 patients. We also evaluated risk factors for long-term nipple position changes.

Conclusions

After BCS, the nipple position changes occur within about eight years. Obesity, large breast size, large excision volume, axillary treatment, chemotherapy and hormone therapy were factors that affected the treated breast shrinkage and increase in the left-right difference after BCS.

Read the full study here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35701689/  

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