title: Immediate breast reconstruction: does the pathology affect the reconstruction?
abstract: Immediate breast reconstruction is related to many factors like type of mastectomy, desire of the patient but pathology is not included which should be encountered in decision making in immediate breast reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: 1 General Surgery Department, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt ; 2 Division of Plastic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti, 435-20141 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Alaa Mostafa
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hamza
authors.affiliation: 1 General Surgery Department, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt ; 2 Division of Plastic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti, 435-20141 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rietjens
keywords: Breast reconstruction; pathology; radiotherapy
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