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[Contour defects after breast preserving therapy of breast carcinoma. Primary and secondary possibilities of correction]. 1999

M Deutinger, and G Tairych, and A Resch, and E Biber

Klinische Abteilung für Plastische und Wiederherstellende Chirurgie, Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie Wien. maria.deutinger@univie.ac.at

BACKGROUND Breast conserving treatment is increasing for primary treatment of breast carcinoma because of the importance of the cosmetic outcome. METHODS We examined 195 patients after breast conserving therapy which was performed between 1983 and 1992. For evaluation of the cosmetic result symmetry, contour of the breast and location of the areola were examined. Radiation effect on breast tissue was evaluated by the Lent score. 72% of the patients had been treated with quadrantectomy and 28% with lumpectomy. RESULTS Deformities of the contour were visible in 59% of the patients depending on the primary location of the tumor. Lumpectomy from medial quadrants caused poor results. Dislocation of the areola of more than 2 cm was detected in 32% of the patients. The dislocation depended on the primary kind of incision and resulted in 89% of the patients after a radial incision and only in 11% after curvilinear incisions. Telangiectasias were absent in 84% of the patients, the others showed telangiectasias Grade 1 to 3. In 48% of the patients no signs of fibrosis could be detected, in 49% fibrosis Grade 1 to 2 was found. 68% of the patients estimated the cosmetic result as very good or good. Only 10% of the patients estimated the result as fair or bad. The examiner estimated the results as good or very good in 28%. Examples of operative procedures for primary and secondary correction are demonstrated. CONCLUSIONS Our results showed an adverse effect of long radial incisions. For lumpectomy and axillary node dissection separate incisions should be used. Correction of contour deformities should be done primarily in breast conserving procedures. This is possible by using modified reduction mammaplasties, local flaps of the breast tissue or switching a latissimus dorsi muscle flap. For secondary correction of defects after breast conserving treatment a latissimus dorsi muscle can be used as well as z-plasty for scar contracture.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009558	Nipples	The conic organs which usually give outlet to milk from the mammary glands.	Areola,Areolae,Nipple
D011878	Radiotherapy	The use of IONIZING RADIATION to treat malignant NEOPLASMS and some benign conditions.	Radiotherapy, Targeted,Targeted Radiotherapy,Radiation Therapy,Radiation Therapy, Targeted,Radiation Treatment,Targeted Radiation Therapy,Radiation Therapies,Radiation Therapies, Targeted,Radiation Treatments,Radiotherapies,Radiotherapies, Targeted,Targeted Radiation Therapies,Targeted Radiotherapies,Therapies, Radiation,Therapies, Targeted Radiation,Therapy, Radiation,Therapy, Targeted Radiation,Treatment, Radiation
D011879	Radiotherapy Dosage	The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy.	Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages
D001918	Brachytherapy	A collective term for interstitial, intracavity, and surface radiotherapy. It uses small sealed or partly-sealed sources that may be placed on or near the body surface or within a natural body cavity or implanted directly into the tissues.	Curietherapy,Implant Radiotherapy,Plaque Therapy, Radioisotope,Radioisotope Brachytherapy,Radiotherapy, Interstitial,Radiotherapy, Intracavity,Radiotherapy, Surface,Brachytherapy, Radioisotope,Interstitial Radiotherapy,Intracavity Radiotherapy,Radioisotope Plaque Therapy,Radiotherapy, Implant,Surface Radiotherapy,Therapy, Radioisotope Plaque
D001940	Breast	In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES.	Breasts
D001943	Breast Neoplasms	Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST.	Breast Cancer,Breast Tumors,Cancer of Breast,Breast Carcinoma,Cancer of the Breast,Human Mammary Carcinoma,Malignant Neoplasm of Breast,Malignant Tumor of Breast,Mammary Cancer,Mammary Carcinoma, Human,Mammary Neoplasm, Human,Mammary Neoplasms, Human,Neoplasms, Breast,Tumors, Breast,Breast Carcinomas,Breast Malignant Neoplasm,Breast Malignant Neoplasms,Breast Malignant Tumor,Breast Malignant Tumors,Breast Neoplasm,Breast Tumor,Cancer, Breast,Cancer, Mammary,Cancers, Mammary,Carcinoma, Breast,Carcinoma, Human Mammary,Carcinomas, Breast,Carcinomas, Human Mammary,Human Mammary Carcinomas,Human Mammary Neoplasm,Human Mammary Neoplasms,Mammary Cancers,Mammary Carcinomas, Human,Neoplasm, Breast,Neoplasm, Human Mammary,Neoplasms, Human Mammary,Tumor, Breast
D003037	Cobalt Radioisotopes	Unstable isotopes of cobalt that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. Co atoms with atomic weights of 54-64, except 59, are radioactive cobalt isotopes.	Radioisotopes, Cobalt
D004954	Esthetics	The branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of the beautiful. It includes beauty, esthetic experience, esthetic judgment, esthetic aspects of medicine, etc.	Aesthetics
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup