Short- and long-term outcomes of immediate breast reconstruction surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Toshiyuki Ishiba, Tomoyuki Aruga, Hiromi Miyamoto, et al.
Short- and long-term outcomes of immediate breast reconstruction surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
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Immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) is a standard option for breast cancer patients, although its utility in patients with advanced breast cancer requiring neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is debatable. We assessed the short-term complications and long-term prognosis of IBR after NAC.

Twenty-five patients underwent reconstruction with a tissue expander (TE) followed by silicon breast implantation, 5 with a latissimus dorsi muscle transfer flap, and 13 with a deep inferior epigastric perforator flap. Complete surgical resection with a free margin confirmed by a pathological assessment was achieved in all patients. The evaluation of the short-term complications indicated no cases of total flap necrosis, two cases of partial flap necrosis, and one case of wound infection. Only one case required postponement of subsequent therapy due to partial flap necrosis. A long-term evaluation indicated no local recurrence, although distant metastasis was observed in 4 cases, 3 patients died, and TE removal after post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) was performed in 2 of 11 TE cases.

IBR may be a viable option in patients with advanced breast cancer who achieve complete surgical resection after NAC.

Read more here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00595-021-02316-3 

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