ArticleBMC cancer2021
Natural course of fat necrosis after breast reconstruction: a 10-year follow-up study.
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- Comparing Latissimus Dorsi Flap to Implant in Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Risk factors and predictive models for fat necrosis in DIEP flap breast reconstruction: A systematic review.JPRAS open · 2026Review
- A review of radiological characteristics and patterns of fat necrosis after different autologous breast surgery techniques.Insights into imaging · 2026Review
- Forgotten Surgical Sponge Mimicking Fat Necrosis Following Breast Reduction Surgery.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Using ICG to Streamline Perforator Selection in DIEP Flap Reconstruction: Retrospective cohort study of outcomes in our first one hundred flaps.JPRAS open · 2025Article
- Tissue perfusion in DIEP flaps using Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Angiography, Hyperspectral imaging, and Thermal imaging.JPRAS open · 2024Article
- Integrating Radioprotective Agents into Post-Mastectomy Radiotherapy: Optimization of Reconstructive Outcomes in Breast Cancer.Journal of surgery and research · 2024Article
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backgroundAlthough fat necrosis is a minor postoperative complication after breast reconstruction, occasionally it mimics to tumor recurrence in patients with breast cancer. Therefore, the surgeon should distinguish between benign fat necrosis and true local recurrence. The authors evaluated the clinical characteristics of fat necrosis after breast reconstruction and investigated the natural course of fat necrosis.
methodsBetween 2007 and 2013, a total of 362 patients underwent breast reconstruction after partial or total mastectomy for breast cancer in Kyungpook National University Hospital. Clinicopathologic characteristics and the occurrence of fat necrosis were assessed during surveillance for 10 years of mean follow-up period.
resultsThere were 42 cases (11.6%) of fat necrosis after breast reconstruction with partial or total mastectomy which were confirmed by needle or excision biopsy. The fat necrosis was resolved after a mean period of 45.9 months (SD, ± 42.1) and 26 cases (61.9%) of fat necrosis were almost completely resolved (less than 5 mm) during 10-year follow-up period.
conclusionBased on the natural course of fat necrosis, the fat necrosis after breast reconstruction can be only monitored, if pathologic confirmation was done. More than half of the cases will be resolved within 2-3 years.
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