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Oncoplastic partial breast reconstruction improves patient satisfaction and aesthetic outcome for central breast tumours
Author(s) -
Shechter Shirley,
Friedman Or,
Inbal Amir,
Arad Ehud,
Menes Tehillah,
Barsuk Daphna,
Gur Eyal,
Barnea Yoav
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/ans.15078
Subject(s) - medicine , lumpectomy , patient satisfaction , oncoplastic surgery , demographics , mastectomy , breast reconstruction , surgery , deformity , mammaplasty , breast cancer , general surgery , cancer , demography , sociology
Background Patients with centrally located tumours involving the nipple–areolar complex (NAC) who undergo breast‐conserving treatment (BCT) are at high risk for breast deformity and asymmetry. Immediate oncoplastic breast reconstruction (OBR) can have a favourable impact on surgical outcome. Methods We retrospectively compared aesthetic outcomes and patient satisfaction among women treated with NAC lumpectomy and immediate OBR with patients treated with BCT alone. Aesthetic outcome was evaluated by independent observers, and patient satisfaction was assessed by the BREAST‐Q questionnaire. Results A total of 24 patients were studied, 12 in each group. Demographics and oncological staging were similar in both groups, apart from mean age, hypertension and tumour size/lumpectomy weight. Patients in the OBR group had higher scores for aesthetic outcome and a higher degree of patient satisfaction from the surgical outcome compared to the patients in the BCT‐alone group. Conclusions The immediate OBR approach in the treatment of centrally located tumours with NAC resection has clear advantages over BCT alone. This approach should be considered for and offered to suitable patients.