Validation of a protocol for pre-operative flap thickness assessment on dual-view digital mammography for the decision-making process in implant-based breast reconstruction
Pietro Maria Ferrando, Manuela Durando, Laura Bergamasco, Martina Caruso, Elisa Regini, Ciro Riccio, Elena Bozzo, Andrea Maria Rinaldo, Germana Bartoli, Donato Casella, Giuseppe Catanuto, Eduardo Gonzalez, Daniel Lehrer, Martina Pontillo, Maurizio Bruno Nava, Alberto Rancati, Valeria Romeo, Nicola R · 2026
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Description
After mastectomy, the thickness of the skin flap left over the implant decides much of the reconstruction's fate. Pietro Maria Ferrando and co-authors validate a way to measure it before surgery in a 2026 paper. Their protocol reads the tissue coverage from ordinary mammograms, taken in the two standard views.
Forty cases from two Italian academic breast centers were read by multiple readers under the protocol. The layer in question, skin plus fat over the breast's capsule, varies by patient and should match what a careful mastectomy leaves behind. The study's metrics test whether different readers, given the same two views, land on the same thickness, the property a decision tool must have. The authors aim to move flap planning from the operating table's guesswork to the imaging suite's measurement.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pietro Maria Ferrando, Manuela Durando, Laura Bergamasco, Martina Caruso, Elisa Regini, Ciro Riccio, Elena Bozzo, Andrea Maria Rinaldo, Germana Bartoli, Donato Casella, Giuseppe Catanuto, Eduardo Gonzalez, Daniel Lehrer, Martina Pontillo, Maurizio Bruno Nava, Alberto Rancati, Valeria Romeo, Nicola R |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |