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

Lee 2018.

Study characteristics
Methods Retrospective single‐centre cohort
January 2008 to December 2013
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
Participants Inclusion: Women with breast cancer undergoing breast cancer surgery by a breast surgeon only or collaborative team of a breast and plastic surgeons
Interventions Intervention: Volume displacement and replacement alone, (n = 260)
VD: Volume displacement (11.2%), batwing mastopexy (0.3%), glandular reshaping (0.7%), round block technique (1.2%), purse‐string suture technique (1.2%), tennis racket technique (3.3%), local flap (0.6%), rotating flap (2.5%), reduction mammoplasty (1.3%)
VR: Volume replacement (24.3%), Intercostal artery perforator flap (1.6%), lateral thoracodorsal perforator flap (1.1%), thoracodorsal artery perforator flap (0.8%), latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap (10.6%), latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap with silicone implant (1.5%), transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap (3.7%)
Control: (1) BCS, (n = 582) (2) Mastecomy, (n=409) (3) Mastectomy and reconstruction, (n = 253)
Outcomes Primaryoutcomes (median 72.4 (16.76) months):
  • Local recurrence

  • Overall survival


Otheroutcomes:
  • Distant recurrence

Notes No disclosures
Funding: A national research foundation of Korea grant, funded by the Korean government and a grant from the national R&D programme for cancer control