Effect of wound complications following mastectomy with reconstruction on breast cancer recurrence

DR. SUKAMAL SAHA (Flint, Michigan): One of the things you commented in your paper was that the type of reconstruction did not affect recurrence. But as I looked through your data, there were many types of implants and reconstruction … pedicle flap, free flap, and tissue expander. How many had free flap, which takes six, 8 h, compared to tissue expander or pedicle flap, and did that make a difference? In your data, there is at least a trend from 20% for tissue expander to 27% for flap with implant to 30% for flap, I don't kn ow what kind of flap.
Source: American Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research