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. 2021 Oct 29;2021(10):CD013658. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013658.pub2

Gicalone 2007 (1).

Study characteristics
Methods Prospective single‐centre cohort
January 2004 to May 2005
University Hospital of Montpellier, France
74 participants
Participants Inclusion criteria: women with breast cancer with tumours > 15 mm undergoing surgical treatment
Exclusion criteria:

  • women with tumours < 15 mm (84)

  • insufficient breast ptosis or volume (114)

  • inflammatory carcinomas (46)

  • locally advanced tumours with gross lymph node involvement (15)

  • local failure of previous conservative treatment (15)

  • metastatic disease (12)

  • needed planned mastectomies (25)
Interventions Intervention: volume displacement ‐ inverted‐T procedure (5), round‐block technique (26), (n = 31)
Control: BCS: quadrantectomy, (n = 43)
Outcomes Primary outcomes:

  • No outcomes of interest

  • Secondary outcomes:

  • Re‐excisions

  • Complications


Other outcomes:

  • Margins

  • Operative time

  • Length of stay
Notes No disclosures/funding declared
Different to Giacalone 2007 (2) and Gicalone 2015 as has different intervention