Table 1. Studies involving patients who received surgical reconstruction.

Author, year	Type of reconstruction	Uni-/bilateral disease	Uni-/bilateral reconstruction	Tumor size (cm)	Immediate/delayed
Park et al. 2006 (9)	Five mammopexy, two reduction mammoplasty	Unilateral	Unilateral	−	−
Chepla et al. 2011 (10)	Dermoglandular preserving mastopexy	Unilateral	Unilateral	15	Immediate
Ng et al. 2011 (11)	Breast reduction	Unilateral	Unilateral	19	Immediate
Poh et al. 2010 (12)	Adjustable implant	Bilateral	Bilateral	12	Delayed
Wolfram et al. 2009 (13)	Correction of breast asymmetry	Unilateral	Unilateral	−	Delayed
Dolmans et al. 2007 (14)	Contralateral augmentation	Unilateral	Unilateral	9	Immediate
Lee et al. 2004 (15)	Central pedicle reduction mammoplasty with transposed nipple-areola	Bilateral	Bilateral	17	Immediate
Wechselberger et al. 2002 (16)	Reduction mammoplasty	Unilateral	Unilateral	−	Immediate
Musio et al. 1991 (17)	Subpectoral implants with nipple reimplantment	Bilateral	Bilateral	16	−
Uygur et al. 2009 (18)	Nipple as graft, reshaped breast tissue	Unilateral	Unilateral	22	Immediate
Merdan et al. 2006 (19)	Unknown type	Unilateral	Unilateral	13	Immediate
Robbins et al. 1979 (20)	Nipple-bearing dermal pedicle	Unilateral	Unilateral	11	Immediate
Hoffman et al. 1978 (21)	Skin graft & silicone implants	Unilateral	Unilateral	−	Immediate
Kuusk et al. 1988 (22)	Implantation of subpectoral tissue expander	Unilateral	Unilateral	3.5	−
Kamei et al. 2000 (23)	Tissue expander for 4mo, no definitive recon	Unilateral	Unilateral	10	Immediate
Schneider et al. 1997 (24)	Tissue expander	Unilateral	Unilateral	6.5	−
Ağaoğlu et al. 2000 (25)	Mastectomy with subpectoral silicone implant	Unilateral	Unilateral	−	Immediate
Cerrato et al. 2015 (26)	One breast reshaping with wise pattern reduction technique, one saline implant	Unilateral	Unilateral	7.4	Immediate