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Evaluation Of Aesthetic And Oncological Outcomes Of Immediate Versus Delayed Reconstruction In Patients Of Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis, Abd-Elrahman Awadeen Abd-Elrahman, Ahmed Mohammed El Mahdy Salem, Hesham Mahmoud Ahmed Emam
Evaluation Of Aesthetic And Oncological Outcomes Of Immediate Versus Delayed Reconstruction In Patients Of Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis, Abd-Elrahman Awadeen Abd-Elrahman, Ahmed Mohammed El Mahdy Salem, Hesham Mahmoud Ahmed Emam
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
Background; with a lifetime probability of up to 10%, breast cancer is considered the utmost prevalent type of cancer among women. One of the key elements for an achieving successful reconstruction is the optimal timing. It is still debated to take a decision choosing between the immediate and the delayed reconstruction.
Aim and objectives: The goal of the present research was the evaluation of both the aesthetic and oncological results of reconstruction: the immediate vs. the delayed, in patients having breast cancer.
Methods: a search in literature was conducted in publications of PUBMED, SienceDirect, EMBASE, Google Scholar and the Cochran …