Chest wall deformity following maximal tissue expansion for breast reconstruction.
Forty-three women, in a series of 150, participated in a prospective study that examined their chest walls for deformities 3 months after maximal tissue expansion for single-breast reconstruction. Computed tomography imaging was used for this purpose. Twenty-one patients underwent immediate breast reconstruction and the other 22 patients underwent delayed reconstruction. Fifty-three percent had some chest wall abnormality. In the delayed group, chest wall deformities were more statistically significant (p < 0.001). Our findings suggest that chest wall deformity is a common occurrence after maximal tissue expansion for breast reconstruction.
Moor
E V
EV
Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Wexler
M R
MR
Bar-Ziv
Y
Y
Weinberg
A
A
Chaouat
M
M
Ad-El
D
D
Raveh
T
T
Alfie
M
M
Caspi
R
R
Neuman
A
A
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015625:Tissue Expansion Devices; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed