Evidence-Based Medicine: Autologous Breast Reconstruction : Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery Evidence-Based Medicine: Autologous Breast Reconstruction : Plastic and …

Reconstruction of the breast in either the immediate or delayed setting can be performed in
a variety of ways including autologous and alloplastic options. Although patient preference …

Breast reconstruction remains at the heart of the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery,
and it is continuously evolving. Tremendous advances in breast implant technology and …

Background: The establishment of an effective clinical and academic culture within an
institution is a multifactorial process. This process is cultivated by dynamic elements such as …

Background Approximately half of all patients presenting for autologous breast
reconstruction have abdominal scars from prior surgery, the presence of which is considered …

Introduction Abdominal donor site morbidity after autologous breast reconstruction is
common and often underreported. This work aims to compare prospectively collected …

Background Autologous tissue breast reconstruction with free deep inferior epigastric
perforator (DIEP) flaps is reliable with reproducible results and very few contraindications …

Prior abdominal liposuction can be viewed as a relative or absolute contraindication to
abdominally based autologous breast reconstruction given concerns for damaged …

Background Abdominal free flap harvest for breast reconstruction may result in significant
morbidity in terms of hernias and bulges. Reinforcement of the donor site with mesh has …

Background: The breast-sharing technique uses the lower quadrants discarded from a
contralateral symmetrizing reduction mammoplasty to reconstruct the breast after …