Oncoplastic surgical techniques for personalized breast conserving surgery in breast cancer patient with small to moderate sized breast

Jung Dug Yang, Jeong Woo Lee, Wan Wook Kim, Jin Hyang Jung, Ho Yong Park

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Abstract

Oncoplastic surgery has revolutionized the feld of breast conserving surgery (BCS). The fnal aims of this technique are to obtain an adequate resection margin that will reduce the rate of local recurrence while simultaneously improving cosmetic outcomes. To obtain successful results after oncoplastic surgery, it is imperative that patients be risk-stratifed based on risk factors associated with positive margins, that relevant imaging studies be reviewed, and that the confrmation of negative margins be confirmed during the initial operation. Patients who had small- to moderate-sized breasts are the most likely to be dissatisfed with the cosmetic outcome of surgery, even if the defect is small; therefore, oncoplastic surgery in this population is warranted. Reconstruction of the remaining breast tissue is divided into volume displacement and volume replacement techniques. The use of the various oncoplastic surgeries is based on tumor location and excised breast volume. If the excised volume is less than 100 g, the tumor location is used to determine which technique should be used, with the most commonly used technique being volume displacement. However, if the excised volume is greater than 100 g, the volume replacement method is generally used, and in cases where more than 150 g is excised, the latissimus dorsi myocuta-neous fap may be used to obtain a pleasing cosmetic result. The local recurrence rate after oncoplastic surgery was lower than that of conventional BCS, as oncoplastic surgery reduced the rate of positive resection margins by resecting a wider section of glandular tissue. If the surgeon understands the advantages and disadvantages of oncoplastic surgery, and the multidisciplinary breast team is able to successfully collaborate, then the success rate of BCS with partial breast reconstruction can be increased while also yielding a cosmetically appealing outcome.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)253-261
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Breast Cancer
Volume14
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2011

Keywords

  • Defect
  • Oncoplastic surgery
  • Personalized
  • Personalized medicine
  • Repairing

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