ArticleUpdates in surgery2020
Comparison of round smooth and shaped micro-textured implants in terms of quality of life and aesthetic outcomes in women undergoing breast reconstruction: a single-centre prospective study.
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- Awake Breast Surgery: A Systematic Review.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Pooled it
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- Do Textured Breast Implants Mitigate Malposition? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum · 2026Review
- A Head-to-Head Meta-Analysis of 35,052 Smooth vs Textured Implants in Breast Reconstruction and Augmentation.Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum · 2026Article
- The Evolution of Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: Innovations, Trends, and Future Directions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Advances on Capsular Contracture-Prevention and Management Strategies: A Narrative Review of the Literature.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- A Comparison of Smooth and Microtextured Breast Implants in Breast Augmentation: A Retrospective Study.Archives of plastic surgery · 2023Article
- Evolving Trends in Breast-Implant-Based Procedures in Israel: A National Survey.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2022Review
- Suppression of the fibrotic encapsulation of silicone implants by inhibiting the mechanical activation of pro-fibrotic TGF-β.Nature biomedical engineering · 2021Article
- Current Concepts in Capsular Contracture: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Management.Seminars in plastic surgery · 2021Review
- Awake breast cancer surgery: strategy in the beginning of COVID-19 emergency.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2021Article
- The Effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Breast Cancer Teamwork: A Multicentric Survey.In vivo (Athens, Greece) · 2020Article
- Breast Cancer and COVID-19: The Effect of Fear on Patients' Decision-making Process.In vivo (Athens, Greece) · 2020Article
- Ulcerated breast cancer with single brain metastasis: A combined surgical approach. Clinical presentation at one year follow up - A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2020Article
- Socioeconomic Impact of OncotypeDX on Breast Cancer Treatment: Preliminary Results.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
- From Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) to Environment Related Outcome Measure (EROM): Towards "Green Breast Surgery".In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
- Background Parenchymal Enhancement in Contrast-enhanced Spectral Mammography: A Retrospective Analysis and a Pictorial Review of Clinical Cases.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
- Does Age Matter? Estimating Risks of Locoregional Recurrence After Breast-conservative Surgery.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer among women, impacting 2.1 million women each year and having caused 627,000 deaths in 2018. In Italy, BC represents the first cancer diagnosis with 53,000 new cases in 2019 and the first cause of mortality for cancer among the female population. Breast implants represent the first reconstructive choice after mastectomy: in Italy, 411,000 prostheses have been implanted since 2010 and more than 95% of them are macro-texturized. The attempt to reduce complications such as capsular contracture, rotation and rupture of the prosthesis and the most recent BIA-ALCL association with macro-texturized implants have led to the development of new materials and the refinement of implants' coating techniques. We carried out a 1-year prospective single-centre study to evaluate patient-reported quality of life (QoL) and aesthetic outcomes after breast reconstructive surgery using two different prostheses: shaped micro-textured implants and round smooth implants. We treated 62 patients with radical or conservative mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery performed with 44 shaped implants and 48 round implants. Quality of life evaluated through the Breast-Q
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