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Nava MB, Benson JR, Audretsch W, Blondeel P, Catanuto G, Clemens MW, Cordeiro PG, De Vita R, Hammond DC, Jassem J, Lozza L, Orecchia R, Pusic AL, Rancati A, Rezai M, Scaperrotta G, Spano A, Winters ZE, Rocco N. International multidisciplinary expert panel consensus on breast reconstruction and radiotherapy. Br J Surg 2019; 106:1327-1340. [PMID: 31318456 DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Conflicting evidence challenges clinical decision-making when breast reconstruction is considered in the context of radiotherapy. Current literature was evaluated and key statements on topical issues were generated and discussed by an expert panel at the International Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Meeting in Milan 2017. METHODS Studies on radiotherapy and breast reconstruction (1985 to September 2017) were screened using MEDLINE, Embase and CENTRAL. The literature review yielded 30 controversial key questions. A set of key statements was derived and the highest levels of clinical evidence (LoE) for each of these were summarized. Nineteen panellists convened for dedicated discussions at the International Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Meeting to express agreement, disagreement or abstention for the generated key statements. RESULTS The literature review identified 1522 peer-reviewed publications. A list of 22 key statements was produced, with the highest LoE recorded for each statement. These ranged from II to IV, with most statements (11 of 22, 50 per cent) supported by LoE III. There was full consensus for nine (41 per cent) of the 22 key statements, and more than 75 per cent agreement was reached for half (11 of 22). CONCLUSION Poor evidence exists on which to base patient-informed consent. Low-quality studies are conflicting with wide-ranging treatment options, precluding expert consensus regarding optimal type and timing of breast reconstruction in the context of radiotherapy. There is a need for high-quality evidence from prospective registries and randomized trials in this field.
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- M B Nava
- Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Cambridge Breast Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.,School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and Chelmsford, UK
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- Department of Senology and Breast Surgery, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Multidisciplinary Breast Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Cannizzaro, Catania, Italy
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- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine and.,Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, National Cancer Institute 'Regina Elena', Rome, Italy
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- Partners in Plastic Surgery of West Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Radiotherapy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Oncoplastic Surgery, Instituto Henry Moore, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- European Breast Centre, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Radiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Plastic Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples 'Federico II', Naples, Italy
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Berthet G, Faure C, Dammacco MA, Vermesch C, Delay E, Ho Quoc C, Carrabin N. Tolerance of latissimus dorsi in immediate breast reconstruction without implant to radiotherapy. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2017; 71:15-20. [PMID: 28918997 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2017.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Revised: 07/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) improves the quality of life of patients who undergo mastectomy. The latissimus dorsi flap (LDF) method provides particularly good aesthetic results, but its tolerance to subsequent radiotherapy remains unclear. We thus sought to assess tolerance and esthetic results and satisfaction, as reported by patients who underwent IBR by LDF with or without subsequent radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective case-control study in a population of women who were diagnosed with breast cancer between January 1999 and January 2014 and who had mastectomies with IBR by LDF without prostheses. We paired 29 patients who needed postoperative radiotherapy to 58 control patients who did not. These patients responded to a questionnaire to evaluate tolerance and their satisfaction with the aesthetic results of the reconstruction. RESULTS In total, 86.2% of all patients reported "very good" or "good" overall aesthetic satisfaction. Consistency was judged as "very good" or "good" by 82.7% of control patients and by 93.1% of case patients. No statistically significant differences were identified between the two groups with regard to reconstruction results. The number of surgical procedures needed did not differ significantly between the two groups. CONCLUSION In our study, IBR by LDF appeared to have excellent tolerance to subsequent radiotherapy, the latter having no impact on patient aesthetic satisfaction. Our results suggest that the possibility of postoperative radiotherapy should not prevent physicians from proposing this method to women who are candidates for it.
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- G Berthet
- Breast Surgery Department, Centre Léon Bérard, 28, rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France; Faculté de médecine Lyon EST, Université Lyon 1, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69003 Lyon, France
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- Breast Surgery Department, Centre Léon Bérard, 28, rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Breast Surgery Department, Centre Léon Bérard, 28, rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Breast Surgery Department, Centre Léon Bérard, 28, rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Centre Léon Bérard, 28, rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Centre Léon Bérard, 28, rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France
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- Breast Surgery Department, Centre Léon Bérard, 28, rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France; Clinique CHARCOT, Gynecologic and Breast Surgery, 51-53, rue du Commandant Charcot, 69110 Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France.
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Pechevy L, Carloni R, Guerid S, Vincent PL, Toussoun G, Delay E. Skin-Reducing Mastectomy in Immediate Reconstruction: How to Limit Complications and Failures. Aesthet Surg J 2017; 37:665-677. [PMID: 28171481 DOI: 10.1093/asj/sjw258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In hypertrophic and/or very ptotic breasts, skin-reducing mastectomy (SRM) is challenging and the risk of complications is high. Few publications have reported the use of an autologous latissimus dorsi flap (ALDF) in this indication. Most studies opt for implant reconstructions, with a high failure rate. OBJECTIVES We aimed to identify and present the technical refinements that reduce the risk of reconstruction failure in patients with hypertrophic and/or ptotic breasts with breast cancer or at risk of breast cancer after SRM with immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) utilizing an ALDF. METHODS Our retrospective study, covering a period of 18 years, included a series of 60 patients with hypertrophic and/or ptotic breasts who underwent 67 SRM and IBR procedures utilizing an ALDF. The complications were recorded and the risk factors analyzed. RESULTS Sixty-seven SRMs were reviewed. Forty-nine procedures were performed with an inverted-T scar technique and 18 with a vertical scar technique. The nipple-areola complex (NAC) was preserved in 10 cases. There were eight (11.9%) cases of minor mastectomy flap necrosis after skin-reducing reconstructions, 16 (23.8%) wound dehiscences, no infections, no breast seromas, and no reconstruction failures. Smoking increased the risk of minor mastectomy flap necrosis (P = 0.048) and wound dehiscence (P = 0.002). Previous radiotherapy was associated with minor mastectomy flap necrosis (P = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The use of an ALDF together with technical refinements that preserve the vascular supply of the skin envelope leads to successful IBR with consistently good aesthetic results. Above all, it avoids failure of the reconstruction in very large or ptotic breasts. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 4
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- Lolita Pechevy
- From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Léon Bérard Center, Lyon, France
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- From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Léon Bérard Center, Lyon, France
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- From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Léon Bérard Center, Lyon, France
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- From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Léon Bérard Center, Lyon, France
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- From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Léon Bérard Center, Lyon, France
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- From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Léon Bérard Center, Lyon, France
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de Runz A, Boccara D, Bekara F, Chaouat M, Mimoun M. Outcome of 122 delayed breast reconstruction following post-mastectomy radiotherapy: The scarless latissimus dorsi flap with tissue expansion technique. ANN CHIR PLAST ESTH 2017; 62:23-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anplas.2016.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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