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[Postoperative course after immediate breast reconstruction: Comparison between five surgical techniques]
A Durry1, A Baratte1, C Mathelin2
1Service de chirurgie plastique, hôpital civil Strasbourg, 1, place de l'Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg, France.
Introduction:
This study analyzes postoperative course of different immediate breast reconstruction techniques: deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (DIEP), gracilis, latissimus dorsi flap, expander implants and definitive implants.
Methods:
All women operated on IBR between 2012 and 2017 in the CHU Strasbourg were included in this retrospective study. The main data collected were healing time, complications, surgical revisions and failure rates. These data were compared between the five IBR techniques to find a significant difference. Two groups were distinguished according to the surgical techniques: free flaps and implants. Data of those groups were compared too.
Results:
One hundred and ninety three patients have had a breast surgical treatment between 2012 and 2017. Among them, 44 had a bilateral IBR (23%). Early and unserious complications, were less frequent in the implants group than in the free flaps group: 8.6% vs. 33.3% (P<0.01) for unilateral reconstructions and 10.9% vs. 38.9% (P<0.01) for bilateral reconstructions. No surgical failures were found in the free flaps group versus 6.2% for definitive implants and 3.6% for expander implants. Healing time was longer for the free flaps group than for the prothesis group: 5.6 weeks vs. 4.2weeks, (P<0.01).
Conclusion:
IBR with free flaps is associated with a higher risk for early and unserious complications as healing disorders, which extend the dressings time. However the failure rate is not higher with free flaps.
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