Ren 2014.

Study characteristics
Methods	Retrospective single‐centre matched cohort 2003 to 2013 Department of Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, China 273 participants
Participants	Inclusion: Patients with breast cancer undergoing breast surgery with either MLDF or mastectomy with resection‐free margins (﹥1mm) Exclusion: Patients with multifocal diseases
Interventions	Intervention: Volume replacement ‐ mini‐LD flaps, (n = 91) Control: Mastectomy, (n = 182)
Outcomes	Primaryoutcomes (median follow‐up: (I) 83 months (C) 81 months): Local recurrence Overall survival Secondaryoutcomes: No outcomes of interest Otheroutcomes: Distant recurrence
Notes	No disclosures/funding declared Authors were contacted requesting full dataset for primary outcomes