Wednesday 3 July 2019

Endoscopic-assisted surgery in the management of breast cancer: 20 years review of trend, techniques and outcomes



The Breast: August 2019 Volume 46, Pages 144–156

by Chi Wei Mok, Hung-Wen Lai 

 To review current literature on the outcomes, techniques and trend of endoscopic-assisted breast surgery (EABS) in the management of breast cancer over a 20 years period Materials and Methods: Literature search was performed using PubMed/Medline database from 1st January 1998 to 31st December 2018 using the terms “endoscopy”, “endoscopy-assisted”, “breast cancer”, “mastectomy” and “breast conserving surgery”. Additional studies were also identified by reviewing references of relevant articles. Only case series and cohort studies were included in this review.