The effects of postmastectomy adjuvant radiotherapy on immediate two-stage prosthetic breast reconstruction: A systematic review. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, Sept 2013, Vol. 132(3), p.511-18.
Lam, T.C., et al.
http://journals.lww.com/plasreconsurg/Abstract/2013/09000/The_Effects_of_Postmastectomy_Adjuvant.1.aspx
The authors performed a systematic review of the literature on the outcome of therapy for patients with breast cancer who underwent adjuvant radiotherapy after an immediate two-stage prosthetic breast reconstruction, either following tissue expansion (stage 1) or after removal of the tissue expander and insertion of a final breast implant (stage 2). Their outcomes were compared to those of patients who had reconstruction without postmastectomy irradiation.
