Breast cancer is unfortunately a common disease affecting millions of women, often at a
relatively young age. Reconstruction following mastectomy offers women an opportunity to …

Background: There are few studies that compare the deep inferior epigastric artery
perforator (DIEP) flap to the pedicled transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (pTRAM) …

Purpose The goals of immediate postmastectomy breast reconstruction are to minimize
deformity and optimize quality of life as perceived by patients. We prospectively evaluated …

BACKGROUND: For this study, the authors evaluated early psychosocial adjustments and
health‐related quality‐of‐life changes after breast reconstruction. METHODS: All …

The history of autologous breast reconstruction has been characterized by the desire for
progressively increasing reliability with decreasing donor-site morbidity. The robotic deep …

Background Although several studies have found obesity to increase the risk of
postoperative morbidity in autologous breast reconstruction, there remains some …

Background: This study aimed to provide a comprehensive analysis of factors that might
contribute to abdominal donor-site morbidity after abdominally based free flap breast …

Objective To assess the clinical effectiveness of breast reconstruction and the utility of the
BREAST-Q patient-reported outcomes measure for routine patient care. Methods The …

Introduction Several patient-related factors have been identified with regard to the safety and
efficacy of breast reconstructions. This study analyzed the largest series of microsurgical …

Background: In a comprehensive review of 17,096 deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP)
flaps in 693 articles published between the first description of the DIEP flap in 1989 and …