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Fulltext Granulomatous reaction secondary to intramammary silicone injection

Majedah S, Alhabshi I, Salim S

BMJ Case Rep, 2013;2013.
PMID: 23417932 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007961
Matched MeSH terms: Mammaplasty/methods
Fulltext Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy--why do women choose this option?

Shameem H, Yip CH, Fong E

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 2008 Jul-Sep;9(3):409-12.
PMID: 18990011

INTRODUCTION: Mastectomy is an essential but disfiguring operation in cancer treatment. The negative impact on body image can however be prevented by immediate reconstruction.
AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the reasons why patients choose to have or not to have immediate breast reconstruction.
METHODOLOGY: This is a cross sectional descriptive study of breast cancer patients post-mastectomy who had and had not undergone immediate breast reconstruction. The patients were asked a series of questions to ascertain the reasons why they chose or did not choose immediate breast reconstruction.
RESULTS: 136 patients in total were interviewed of which 23 had undergone immediate breast reconstruction. 36.8% of the patients had been offered reconstruction. In the non-reconstructed group, the main reason for not having reconstruction were fear of additional surgery. In the group that had reconstruction done, the main reason was to feel whole again. Low on the list were reasons such as trying to improve marital or sexual relations.
CONCLUSION: Only a third of patients undergoing mastectomy were offered immediate reconstruction. In public hospitals in developing countries, limited operating time and availability of plastic surgery services are major barriers to more women being offered the option.

Matched MeSH terms: Mammaplasty/methods*
Fulltext Changes following nipple areolar complex reconstruction and tattooing resembling a recurrent Paget's disease of the breast

Hanafiah M, Alhabshi SM, Mahin AH

BMJ Case Rep, 2013;2013.
PMID: 24165504 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-201281
Matched MeSH terms: Mammaplasty/methods
Internal mammary perforators as recipient vessels for deep inferior epigastric perforator and muscle-sparing free transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap breast reconstruction in an Asian population

Halim AS, Alwi AA

Ann Plast Surg, 2014 Aug;73(2):170-3.
PMID: 23528630 DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318270704b

The use of internal mammary perforators (IMPs) as recipient vessels in autologous free flap breast reconstruction has many additional benefits compared with the internal mammary or thoracodorsal vessels. Our goals were to analyze the characteristics of these vessels and to evaluate the reliability of using them in an Asian population.

Matched MeSH terms: Mammaplasty/methods*
Outcomes after mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction for breast cancer in a multiethnic, middle-income Asian setting

See MH, Sinnadurai S, Lai LL, Tan KL, Teh MS, Teoh LY, et al.

Surgery, 2021 12;170(6):1604-1609.
PMID: 34538341 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.08.001

BACKGROUND: Although immediate breast reconstruction is increasingly becoming popular worldwide, evidence from resource-limited settings is scarce. We investigated factors associated with immediate breast reconstruction in a multiethnic, middle-income Asian setting. Short-term surgical complications, timing of initiation of chemotherapy, and survival outcomes were compared between women undergoing mastectomy alone and their counterparts receiving immediate breast reconstruction.
METHODS: This historical cohort study included women who underwent mastectomy after diagnosis with stage 0 to stage IIIa breast cancer from 2011 to 2015 in a tertiary hospital. Multivariable regression analyses were used to assess factors associated with immediate breast reconstruction and to measure clinical outcomes.
RESULT: Out of 790 patients with early breast cancer who had undergone mastectomy, only 68 (8.6%) received immediate breast reconstruction. Immediate breast reconstruction was independently associated with younger age at diagnosis, recent calendar years, Chinese ethnicity, higher education level, and invasive ductal carcinomas. Although immediate breast reconstruction was associated with a higher risk of short-term local surgical complications (adjusted odds ratio: 3.58 [95% confidence interval 1.75-7.30]), there were no significant differences in terms of delay in initiation of chemotherapy, 5-year disease-free survival, and 5-year overall survival between both groups in the multivariable analyses.
CONCLUSION: Although associated with short-term surgical complications, immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy does not appear to be associated with delays in initiation of chemotherapy, recurrence, or mortality after breast cancer. These findings are valuable in facilitating shared surgical decision-making, improving access to immediate breast reconstruction, and setting priorities for surgical trainings in middle-income settings.

Matched MeSH terms: Mammaplasty/methods