Positive Margin Re-Excision Following Immediate Autologous Breast Reconstruction: Morbidity, Cosmetic Outcome, and Oncologic Significance

• Published in: Aesthetic surgery journal Vol. 37; no. 8; p. 904
• Main Authors: Ochoa, Oscar, Theoharis, Constantine, Pisano, Steven, Chrysopoulo, Minas, Ledoux, Peter, Arishita, Gary, Nastala, Chet
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology; Breast Neoplasms - pathology; Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Comorbidity; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Mammaplasty - adverse effects; Mammaplasty - methods; Margins of Excision; Mastectomy - adverse effects; Mastectomy - methods; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - epidemiology; Perforator Flap - transplantation; Reoperation - adverse effects; Reoperation - methods; Retrospective Studies; Time Factors; Transplantation, Autologous - adverse effects; Transplantation, Autologous - methods; Treatment Outcome

Acquisition of negative resection margins is paramount in the surgical management of operable breast cancer. Management of positive margins following mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction is presently poorly defined. The present study aims at defining morbidity and cosmetic sequela of re-ex...