Superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flap procedure for postmastectomy breast reconstruction

Record ID 32015000357
English
Authors' recommendations: In the United States, an estimated 235,030 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in 2014, and an estimated 40,430 patients will die of the disease. Given a choice of breast-conserving surgery plus adjunct radiotherapy or mastectomy, 30% to 47% of women choose mastectomy and 27% to 65% of this group will have reconstructive surgery. In 2013, nearly 100,000 women underwent postmastectomy breast reconstruction. Reconstruction is performed using prosthetics made of saline or silicone (implants), autologous tissue flaps (using the patient's own muscle and fat), or both. Common autologous flap techniques include the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap using tissue from the abdominal wall and the latissimus dorsi flap using tissue from the shoulder. When harvested from the lower abdomen, such flaps offer an abundant supply of tissue and an inconspicuous scar, and allow a reconstruction with natural appearance, mobility, and sensibility.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2014
URL for published report: The report may be purchased from: http://www.hayesinc.com/hayes/crd/?crd=17274
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: United States
MeSH Terms
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Epigastric Arteries
  • Female
  • Mammaplasty
  • Mammary Arteries
  • Mastectomy
  • Transplant Donor Site
  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Graft Survival
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures
Contact
Organisation Name: HAYES, Inc.
Contact Address: 157 S. Broad Street, Suite 200, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA. Tel: 215 855 0615; Fax: 215 855 5218
Contact Name: saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Contact Email: saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Copyright: 2014 Winifred S. Hayes, Inc
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