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Pre-pectoral breast reconstruction with tissue expander entirely covered by acellular dermal matrix: feasibility, safety and histological features resulting from the first 64 procedures

2024; AME Publishing Company; Volume: 13; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21037/gs-23-432

2227-8575

Marco Bernini, Giacomo Gigliucci, Dario Cassetti, Cinzia Tommasi, Ilaria Gaggelli, L. Arlia, Carlotta Becherini, Viola Salvestrini, Luca Visani, Jacopo Nori Cucchiari, Diego De Benedetto, Federica Di Naro, Giulia Bicchierai, Chiara Bellini, Simonetta Bianchi, Lorenzo Orzalesi, Lorenzo Livi, Icro Meattini,

Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques

Background: Reconstructive options that can be used following conservative mastectomy, skin-, nipple-sparing and skin-reducing mastectomies, allow a remarkable variety of safe methods to restore the natural shape and aesthetics of the breast mound. In case of two-stage breast reconstruction, tissue expanders (TEs) are usually placed in a subpectoral position. The purpose of this retrospective cohort study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of two-step reconstruction with TE in pre-pectoral position covered by acellular dermal matrix (ADM).