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SUBMITTER: Myung Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5962051 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Myung Yujin Y Son Yousung Y Nam Tae-Hyun TH Kang Eunyoung E Kim Eun-Kyu EK Kim In Ah IA Eom Keun-Yong KY Heo Chan Yeong CY Jeong Jae Hoon JH
PloS one 20180521 5
<h4>Background</h4>The use of immediate breast reconstruction and adjuvant radiation therapy is increasing in breast cancer patients. This study aimed to analyze the aesthetic outcome and changes in flap volume in patients with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy of the surgical site after immediate autologous tissue reconstruction.<h4>Methods</h4>Immediate abdominal free flap breast reconstruction following unilateral mastectomy was performed in 42 patients; 21 patients received adjuvant ...[more]