Monday 22 October 2012

Current status of implant-based breast reconstruction

Current status of implant-based breast reconstruction in patients receiving post-mastectomy radiation therapy. Plastic & reconstructive surgery, October 2012, Vol. 130(4), p.513e-524e.

Kronowitz, S.J.

http://journals.lww.com/plasreconsurg/Fulltext/2012/10000/Current_Status_of_Implant_Based_Breast.9.aspx

Increasing numbers of patients with breast cancer are being treated with postmastectomy radiation therapy. The author reviewed the literature to determine the clinical impact of this increasing use of postmastectomy radiation therapy in patients with breast cancer who desire implant-based breast reconstruction.