Journal article
Effect of internal mammary vessels radiation dose on outcomes of free flap breast reconstruction
The breast journal, Vol.25(2), pp.286-289
03/01/2019
DOI: 10.1111/tbj.13202
PMID: 30734417
Abstract
To assess the impact of internal mammary (IM) vessels radiation dose on autologous free-flap based breast reconstruction outcomes. We retrospectively evaluated the medical records of breast cancer patients who underwent mastectomy and free-flap breast reconstruction after postoperative radiation therapy (RT) to the breast/chest wall with (n = 9) or without (n = 11) electively including the IM lymph nodes. Twenty patients were included. Median age at diagnosis was 50 years (range, 33-63). The median time interval between the start of RT and reconstructive surgery was 16 months (range, 6-45). The maximal IM vessels dose was not associated with the risk of all complications (P = 0.44) or fat necrosis (P = 0.31). The mean IM vessels dose was not significant for the risk of all complications (P = 0.13) but was significant for fat necrosis (P = 0.04). A high mean IM vessels dose was related to the occurrence of fat necrosis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of internal mammary vessels radiation dose on outcomes of free flap breast reconstruction
- Creators
- Orit Kaidar-Person - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMichael J. Eblan - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillJoseph M. Caster - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillAmita R. Shah - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioDavid Fried - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillLawrence B. Marks - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillClara N. Lee - The Ohio State UniversityEllen L. Jones - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The breast journal, Vol.25(2), pp.286-289
- DOI
- 10.1111/tbj.13202
- PMID
- 30734417
- NLM abbreviation
- Breast J
- ISSN
- 1075-122X
- eISSN
- 1524-4741
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology
- Record Identifier
- 9984313074102771
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