One-step prepectoral breast reconstruction with porcine dermal matrix-covered implant: a protective technique improving the outcome in post-mastectomy radiation therapy setting | Zendy

Susanna Polotto | Zendy; Maria Luisa Bergamini | Zendy; Giuseppe Pedrazzi | Zendy; Maria Francesca Arcuri | Zendy; Francesca Gussago | Zendy; L Cattelani | Zendy

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One-step prepectoral breast reconstruction with porcine dermal matrix-covered implant: a protective technique improving the outcome in post-mastectomy radiation therapy setting

Author(s) -

Susanna Polotto,

Maria Luisa Bergamini,

Giuseppe Pedrazzi,

Maria Francesca Arcuri,

Francesca Gussago,

L Cattelani

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

gland surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 2227-8575

pISSN - 2227-684X

DOI - 10.21037/gs.2020.01.16

Subject(s) - medicine , capsular contracture , breast reconstruction , periprosthetic , implant , mastectomy , surgery , radiation therapy , patient satisfaction , adverse effect , complication , retrospective cohort study , breast cancer , cancer , arthroplasty

Post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) applied on implant-assisted immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) involves a marked increase in complication rate. The recent opportunity of performing an ADM-assisted prepectoral breast reconstruction (PPBR) raised the hypotesis of a protective interaction between ADM and periprosthetic tissues under PMRT.

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