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Review Of Procedures For Reconstruction Of Soft Tissue Chest Wall Defects Following Advanced Breast Malignancies, Alicia Billington, Deniz Dayicioglu, Paul Smith, John Kiluk
Review Of Procedures For Reconstruction Of Soft Tissue Chest Wall Defects Following Advanced Breast Malignancies, Alicia Billington, Deniz Dayicioglu, Paul Smith, John Kiluk
Surgery Faculty Publications
The purpose of this article is to review closure options for complex chest wounds in patients with locally advanced breast cancer. Experiences of the plastic and oncologic surgery teams at Moffitt Cancer Center were reviewed, and the literature researched for various surgical options of complex chest wound closure. Multiple treatment modalities exist for reconstruction of complex chest wall wounds with the external oblique and V-Y latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous advancement flaps serving as workhorses in reconstruction. Treatment of cancer has moved from simply a surgical solution to include other modalities such as hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, and radiation—the latter 2 having serious …
In The Age Of Breast Augmentation, Breast Reconstruction Provides An Opportunity To Augment The Breast, Amanda L. Zimmerman, Bugra Tugertimur, Paul D. Smith, Ambuj Kumar, Deniz Dayicioglu
In The Age Of Breast Augmentation, Breast Reconstruction Provides An Opportunity To Augment The Breast, Amanda L. Zimmerman, Bugra Tugertimur, Paul D. Smith, Ambuj Kumar, Deniz Dayicioglu
Surgery Faculty Publications
Background: Augmentation mammoplasty remains the most common cosmetic surgery procedure performed. The objective of this article is to evaluate the impact of augmented volume of the reconstructed breast in patients that undergo nipple-sparing mastectomy and patients previously augmented who undergo mastectomy with tissue expander/implant-based reconstruction.
Methods: Patients undergoing skin-sparing mastectomy, nipple-sparing mastectomy, and mastectomy after previous augmentation followed by tissue expander/implant-based reconstruction between June 2011 and April 2015 by 2 surgeons at the same institution were included. Retrospective chart review of the patients identified using these criteria was performed to record patient characteristics, complications, breast volume, implant volume, and percentage …