Introduction Mastectomy skin flap necrosis (MSFN) has a reported incidence of 5%–30% in
the literature. It is often a significant and underappreciated problem. The aim of this article …

Background: Mastectomy skin flap necrosis following breast reconstruction may lead to
wound dehiscence, infection, implant exposure, and reconstructive failure. The absence of a …

Background Rates of mastectomy with immediate reconstruction are rising. Skin flap
necrosis after this procedure is a recognized complication that can have an impact on …

Background Mastectomy flap necrosis is the source of considerable morbidity and cost
following breast reconstruction. A great deal of effort has been put forth to predicting and …

Background: Risk discussion is a central tenet of the dialogue between surgeon and patient.
Risk calculators have recently offered a new way to integrate evidence-based practice into …

Nipple sparing mastectomy (NSM) has quickly become an accepted technique for patients
with selected cancers and for risk reducing surgery. Much of its surgical acceptance over the …

Most of the approaches that were valid until recently in breast cancer surgery have
undergone significant changes with rising awareness, increasing number of patients, and …

Background: Hydrodissection (HD) is a method to create a subcutaneous and prepectoral
plane during mastectomy using a mixture of crystalloid solution with local anesthetic and …

Background Noninfectious wound complications (NIWCs) after mastectomy are not routinely
tracked and data are generally limited to single-center studies. Our objective was to …

Background Nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) with immediate breast reconstruction is
commonly performed. However, nipple areolar complex (NAC) and mastectomy skin …