title: Chest wall deformity following maximal tissue expansion for breast reconstruction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Moor
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wexler
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bar-Ziv
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaouat
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ad-El
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raveh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alfie
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Caspi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neuman
mesh_terms: 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