Oncoplastic breast surgery: Initial experience in an Oncology Center

Oncoplastic breast surgery (OBS) encompasses surgical procedures designed to achieve successful breast tumour excision with good cosmesis. A relatively well established technique in western world, the same is gaining interest in Indian subcontinent too. We present our initial experience with the said technique.

A retrospective analysis of a series of cases of carcinoma breast who underwent oncoplastic breast surgery procedure over one year period was carried out in an Oncology center of a Command Hospital.

In the study period, a total of 18 eligible cases underwent OBS. All patients were female with mean age 33.4 yrs(±5.7). Total nine cases underwent volume replacement procedure in which six patients underwent modified radical mastectomy(MRM) with TRAM flap. Two patients underwent breast conserving surgery with lattisimus dorsi myocutaneous flap (LDMF) reconstruction and one underwent MRM with LDMF reconstruction. Total nine cases underwent volume displacement technique wherein five, two, one and one patients underwent lateral mammaplasty, medial mammaplasty, wise incision and batwing incision respectively. Median follow up has been 05 months. Three patients developed surgery related complications. Early results show acceptable cosmetic results.

Oncoplastic breast surgery combines the principles of surgical oncology with those of plastic and reconstructive surgery and our initial experience shows that OBS leads to aesthetically pleasing and oncologically sound results.