Post-Operative Complications Do Not Influence Time to Adjuvant Treatment in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Implant-Based Reconstructions: Pre-Pectoral Versus Sub-Pectoral
Gianluca Vanni, Marco Pellicciaro, Marco Materazzo, Alice Bertolo, Amir Sadri, Elisa Campanella, Denisa Eskiu, Ilaria Portarena, Benedetto Longo, Valerio Cervelli, Oreste Claudio Buonomo · 2025
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Gianluca Vanni and co-authors ask whether reconstruction complications delay cancer therapy after mastectomy in a 2025 study. Implant reconstruction comes in two placements: above the chest muscle, the newer pre-pectoral way, or beneath it. The above-muscle route skips muscle cutting and may ease pain and recovery. Worry persists that its complications could push back follow-up treatment.
The Rome team reviewed six hundred twenty-two patients over ten years. Overall complication rates were much the same for both placements. Slow wound healing was more common above the muscle; bleeding was more common below it. Surgery ran shorter with the newer route. In adjusted models, skin-reducing mastectomy, smoking, and diabetes predicted delayed therapy. The reconstruction technique itself did not. The authors conclude complications did not shift the start of added treatment in this series.
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| CREATOR | Gianluca Vanni, Marco Pellicciaro, Marco Materazzo, Alice Bertolo, Amir Sadri, Elisa Campanella, Denisa Eskiu, Ilaria Portarena, Benedetto Longo, Valerio Cervelli, Oreste Claudio Buonomo |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |