乳腺癌术后乳房即刻再造152例报告

目的探讨乳癌根治术后即时应用单纯假体植入、可调式双囊假体植入和自体组织移植乳房再造术的适应证及疗效。方法101例在保留皮肤的乳腺癌改良根治术基础上于胸大肌下方植入Mentor假体再造乳房，39例在胸大肌下方植入Becker可调式假体再造乳房，10例用单蒂下腹部横行腹直肌肌皮瓣移植至乳房缺损区再造乳房。2例采用扩大的背阔肌肌皮瓣移植再造乳房。结果随访152例3—65个月，中位时间28个月，2例13个月后肿瘤局部复发，取出假体。术后乳房外观评价优良率达94％。结论单纯假体植入适用于乳房较小的患者，可调式假体植入乳房再造适用于乳房较大，或根治术时皮肤缺损较多的患者。     

乳房再造术的临床研究

目的 回顾总结了乳癌根治术后应用单纯假体植入、Becker可扩张假体植入和带蒂腹部横形腹直肌肌皮瓣(TRAM)移植、扩大的背阔肌肌皮瓣(ELDF)移植乳房再造术的经验,探讨手术的适应征、方法和效果.方法 16例行保留皮肤的乳癌根治术一期假体植入乳房再造;13例行Becker可扩张假体植入一期乳房再造;4例行单蒂下腹部横形腹直肌肌皮瓣(TRAM)移植乳房再造手术,其中2例为一期再造,另2例为二期再造.应用Becker可扩张假体行二期乳房再造1例.扩大背阔肌肌皮瓣(ELDF)移植二期乳房再造1例.结果 手术效果满意,优良率超过90%.3例病人出现轻微并发症,其中1例皮瓣局灶坏死,一例出现保留的乳头乳晕部分坏死,1例出现血清肿.结论 单纯假体植入适用于瘦小病人,对侧乳房小且没有明显下垂.优点是不增加额外瘢痕,术后恢复快;可扩张假体植入乳房再造适用于乳房大或改良乳癌根治术的患者,此法结合了单纯假体植入法和组织扩张术乳房再造术的优点;TRAM和ELDF皮瓣移植乳房再造的优点是自体组织移植,安全、手术效果好.     

几种乳房再造术的临床应用体会

目的：探讨乳腺癌根治术后应用单纯假体植入、可扩张假体植入和带蒂腹部横形腹直肌肌皮瓣（TRAM）移植乳房再造的适应证、手术方法、手术效果。方法：本组共24例病例。14例乳腺癌患者行保留皮肤的乳腺癌根治术，Ⅰ期行假体植入乳房再造；6例采用改良乳腺癌根治可扩张假体植入Ⅰ期乳房再造；4例接受单蒂下腹部横形腹直肌肌皮瓣（TRAM）移植乳房再造手术，其中2例为Ⅰ期再造，另2例为Ⅱ期乳房再造。结果：手术效果较满意，2例出现轻微并发症，其中1例皮瓣局灶坏死，另1例出现乳头乳晕部分坏死。结论：单纯假体植入适用于乳房小，没有明显下垂的瘦小病人。优点是不增加额外瘢痕，术后恢复快；可扩张假体植入乳房再造适用于乳房大或改良乳腺癌根治术的患者，此法结合了单纯假体植入法和组织扩张的优点：TRAM皮瓣移植乳房再造的优点是自体组织移植，安全、手术效果好。     

Effects of radiation therapy on pedicled transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap breast reconstruction

Radiotherapy is being increasingly used in the treatment of breast cancer after breast conservation as well as after total mastectomy. The effect of radiation on pedicled transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap reconstruction is examined. A retrospective review of 199 patients undergoing 232 pedicled TRAM flap reconstructions was performed to identify patients who received radiotherapy. Patients were stratified into 5 groups by the use and timing of radiation as well as the timing of the reconstruction. The overall esthetic appearances were assessed by blinded reviewers. The incidence of flap complications was 34.2% in the immediate nonirradiated group, 10.7% in the delayed nonirradiated group, 44% in the post-TRAM radiation group, 60% in the immediate pre-TRAM radiation group, and 33% in the delayed pre-TRAM radiation group (P = 0.010). Patients who had immediate TRAM flap reconstruction and did not receive radiation had a better global esthetic outcome (P < 0.001) than the other 4 groups. The esthetic outcome was similar whether radiation was administered pre- or post-TRAM flap reconstruction. Radiation therapy has a deleterious effect on the esthetic outcome of pedicled TRAM flap reconstruction whether administered before or after reconstruction. There was no difference in TRAM flap complications in any of the groups that received radiation therapy.     

Free microvascular tram flaps: report of 185 breast reconstructions.

The free TRAM flap is the most elegant technique currently available for breast reconstruction. We describe here the surgical technique, the complications, the possible effects of the prognosis of the breast cancer, and the learning curve of the surgical team. From December 1990 to the end of 1995 we reconstructed 185 breasts (10 bilateral) in 175 patients with free TRAM flaps; 27 were immediate reconstructions. We harvested the flap based on the inferior epigastric pedicle on the opposite side to the affected breast. To dissect the rectus muscle we used a muscle-sparing technique. The flap was designed and de-epithelialised while still on the abdomen, and was anastomosed to the thoracodorsal or circumflex scapular vessels with loupes only. In the immediate reconstructions we removed the breast tissue through a periareolar incision; we dissected the group I axillary lymph nodes and exposed the recipient vessels through a separate incision. The areolar complex was autotransplanted as a free skin graft. Only two flaps were lost. Eight patients were reoperated on for thrombosis of the vessels. The complication rate was nearly 50% among the first 50 patients. However, as surgical experience grew, the figure was reduced, eventually being down to 20%-25%. Of the patients who had delayed reconstructions only two died during the follow-up period of 48 months. One patient had a local recurrence above the TRAM skin. During the last eight years the free TRAM flap has been our main method of breast reconstruction. Free flaps today are reliable and the reconstruction does not seem to worsen the prognosis of breast cancer.     

经乳晕环形切口皮下乳腺切除与即刻腹直肌肌皮瓣再造术

目的　为完善和提高再造乳房的质量 ,使患早期乳腺癌的病人更容易接受乳房再造手术。方法　选择患乳腺导管内原位癌的病人 ,经乳晕切口活检做病理检查确立诊断 ,采用乳晕环形切口行保留乳房皮肤的乳腺皮下切除术 ,应用腹直肌肌皮瓣即刻再造乳房 ,仅以少量的肌皮瓣皮肤弥补切除的乳头、乳晕 ,在此皮瓣上再造乳头 ,经文身使乳头、乳晕色泽与健侧一致。结果　此方法再造的乳房瘢痕较少 ,且隐蔽 ,外观形态自然 ,易与健侧对称 ,保留了乳房皮肤的良好感觉 ,但手术适应证选择要严格 ,以免术后乳腺癌复发 ,术中切除乳腺需彻底但又不能损伤乳房皮肤和皮下组织 ,其过程需多专科协作完成。结论　在严格选择手术适应证的前提下 ,经多专科协作完成的该术式 ,为一更加完善的乳房再造方法     

New trends in breast cancer management: is the era of immediate breast reconstruction changing?

OBJECTIVE: Review of available literature on the topic of breast reconstruction and radiation is presented. Factors influencing the decision-making process in breast reconstruction are analyzed. New trends of immediate breast reconstruction are presented. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: New indications for postmastectomy radiation have caused a dramatic increase in the number of radiated patients presenting for breast reconstruction. The major studies and their impact on breast cancer management practice are analyzed. Unsatisfactory results of conventional immediate reconstruction techniques followed by radiotherapy led to a new treatment algorithm for these patients. If the need for postoperative radiation therapy is known, a delayed reconstruction should be considered. When an immediate reconstruction is still desired despite the certainty of postoperative radiotherapy, reconstructive options should be based on tissue characteristics and blood supply. Autologous tissue reconstruction options should be given a priority in an order reflecting superiority of vascularity and resistance to radiation: latissimus dorsi flap, free TRAM or pedicled TRAM without any contralateral components of tissue, pedicled TRAM/midabdominal TRAM, and perforator flap. CONCLUSIONS: When the indications for postoperative radiotherapy are unknown, premastectomy sentinel node biopsy, delayed-immediate reconstruction, or delayed reconstruction is preferable.     

应用下腹部横行腹直肌肌皮瓣的乳房再造

目的 安全应用下腹部横形腹直肌肌皮瓣（TRAM）进行乳房再造。方法 总结42例乳房再造的经验,详尽介绍了病例选择,皮瓣设计和手术方法。结果 应用TRAM再造乳房42例,其中即时再造25例,后期再造17例;单蒂TRAM35例,双蒂TRAM7例,单蒂中有7例附加血管吻合。2例术后腹部供区皮瓣部分坏死,2例TRAM部分坏死,1例双蒂皮瓣术后腹壁疝形成。结论 附加血管吻合或选用双蒂肌皮瓣,以及肌肉内分离是减少并发症的重要措施。     

Comparison of aesthetic breast reconstruction after skin-sparing or conventional mastectomy in patients receiving preoperative radiation therapy

Many options exist for the surgical treatment of breast cancer in terms of tumor extirpation and reconstruction. Skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM) with immediate reconstruction offers patients a superior result, but this can be jeopardized by preoperative radiotherapy. We compared the outcomes of reconstruction after SSM or conventional mastectomy (CM) in the previously irradiated breast.We evaluated 41 patients over an 8-year period, who were divided into 3 categories: preoperative radiotherapy prior to SSM (n = 8), CM after preoperative radiation therapy (n = 9), and no chest wall irradiation prior to SSM (n = 20). The first group demonstrated significantly higher frequency of native flap compromise and capsular contracture formation than the other 2 groups.SSM with TRAM or latissimus with implant reconstruction is an esthetically optimal option for the treatment of patients without previous radiotherapy. However, for patients with preoperative chest wall radiation, TRAM flap reconstruction was superior to latissimus flap with implant after SSM.     

Importance of right subcostal incisions in patients undergoing TRAM flap breast reconstruction

The presence of a preexisting subcostal incision alters the approach to breast reconstruction and is thought to predispose to donor site skin complications and flap loss. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the presence of a subcostal scar affects breast or donor site morbidity adversely after transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap breast reconstruction. Twenty-six patients with a right subcostal incision (group A) underwent TRAM flap breast reconstruction (13 immediate, 13 delayed). The average age was 51 years, and the patients had an average body mass index of 25.3. There were 15 right, 10 left, and 1 bilateral reconstruction (4 free flaps, 22 pedicled). Outcome measures were compared with 126 age- and risk-matched patients (group B) who underwent TRAM flap reconstruction without any preexisting abdominal scar. The average age in group B was 46.7 years, and the patients had an average body mass index of 24.8. The average length of stay in group A was 5.9 days, compared with 4.8 days in group B ( < 0.05). There were no significant differences in breast-related complications. Donor site complications were higher in group A, with abdominal wall skin necrosis being significantly higher in patients with a subcostal incision (25%) compared with those patients without abdominal wall scars (5%; = 0.02). Multivariate analysis revealed a 6.5-fold increase in donor site complications in patients with a subcostal incision and a smoking history ( < 0.05). When adjusted for radiation treatment, the increased incidence in donor site complication rate was only marginally significant ( = 0.08). TRAM flap breast reconstruction in patients with preexisting right subcostal scars is effective with certain technical modifications; however, there is a slight predisposition to increased abdominal wall complications. Smoking influenced outcome further in patients with a subcostal incision, stressing the importance of proper patient selection.     

Immediate versus delayed free TRAM breast reconstruction: an analysis of perioperative factors and complications.

Immediate breast reconstruction provides superior psychological benefit to the patient compared with delayed reconstruction, and has a financial advantage. Smokers undergoing immediate free TRAM breast reconstruction have a higher incidence of flap necrosis than smokers undergoing delayed free TRAM reconstruction. Whereas the differences in psychological benefit, effects of smoking and cost are well addressed in the literature, the differences in morbidity between immediate and delayed free TRAM breast reconstruction are still unknown. Knowledge of any differences would help to determine the best timing for reconstruction, and would support surgical decision making and preoperative patient advice. We present a retrospective review of 105 consecutive free TRAM breast reconstructions performed in 97 patients (89 unilateral and eight bilateral reconstructions). There were 48 immediate reconstructions and 57 delayed reconstructions. In the immediate-reconstruction group six flaps required revision of the anastomosis, and three flaps (6%) were lost. In the delayed-reconstruction group five flaps required revision of the anastomosis, and only one flap (2%) could not be salvaged. Delayed healing of the chest-wall skin flaps only occurred in immediate reconstructions (16%, P = 0.017).     

保留皮肤的乳腺癌改良根治术后即时乳房再造

目的　介绍保留皮肤的乳腺癌改良根治术后即时乳房再造的经验。方法　对早期乳腺癌 ,保留乳房皮肤 ,切除乳腺组织和腋窝淋巴结 ,应用下腹部横行腹直肌肌皮瓣或扩大背阔肌肌皮瓣即时乳房再造。结果　应用该方法治疗 37例 ,再造乳房形态良好。结论　保留皮肤乳腺癌根治术后即时乳房再造 ,切口隐蔽 ,再造乳房形态效果好 ,对早期乳腺癌患者值得推广应用     

Postmastectomy radiation therapy after TRAM flap breast reconstruction

Postmastectomy chest wall and nodal radiation therapy decreases local recurrence and improves disease-free and overall survival. Immediate transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap breast reconstruction after mastectomy has become more common. We report on our experience of irradiating the chest wall and regional lymph nodes after a TRAM flap reconstruction and describe the acute side effects, flap viability, and cosmetic outcome. Between 1995 and 2000, 22 patients with a median age of 47 years (range 27-61 years) received chest wall radiotherapy following mastectomy and immediate pedicled TRAM flap reconstruction. The indication for radiotherapy included tumor size, involved lymph nodes, or positive margins. All patients received chemotherapy before radiotherapy and three patients also received concurrent chemotherapy. The median dose to the chest wall was 50.4 Gy in 28 fractions of 1.8 Gy using a 6 or 4 MV linear accelerator. The patients were all computed tomography (CT) planned in the treatment position. The patients were immobilized using an alpha cradle. Two tangent fields were used to deliver the dose. On alternating days, a customized bolus was applied to the chest wall that spared the central region where the subsequent nipple reconstruction would be performed. All 22 patients completed 90% of the prescribed chest wall radiotherapy dose. Sixty-six percent of the patients received treatment without any treatment breaks. Only 10% of the patients developed desquamation of the TRAM flap skin. Thirty percent developed grade II erythema of the TRAM flap. With median follow-up of 18 months, no TRAM flaps have been lost or required revision. This technique for delivery of radiotherapy to the chest wall in patients who have undergone a mastectomy and immediate TRAM flap reconstruction is well tolerated. The acute toxicity was manageable. There were no TRAM flap losses or revisions performed secondary to the radiotherapy.     

Breast reconstruction with pedicled TRAM flap (a retrospective study of 115 consecutive cases)

Purpose of the study

The purpose of this study is to analyse the advantages, disadvantages and results of the unipediculed TRAM flap.

Patients and method

This retrospective study concerns 115 consecutive unipediculed TRAM flaps realised by two surgeons between 1994 and January 2007. These reconstructions were all realised for oncologic pathology and were either immediate or delayed surgery. Concerning the immediate reconstruction, a skin sparing mastectomy has been realised as often as possible for intraductal carcinomas and small invasive carcinomas. For the immediate reconstruction the study takes into account complications and oncologic recurrences with an average backward of 45 months.

Results

The unipediculed TRAM flap offers a good reliability and the esthetics results are stable at long-term for immediate breast reconstruction and delayed breast reconstruction. The major complications are flap necrosis (12,2%) and parietal complications (6%). The recurrence rate after mastectomy and unipediculed TRAM flap is equivalent of the recurrence rate expected for mastectomy alone. There were never late diagnostic for recurrence after unipediculed TRAM flap. The esthetic improvement by surgery concerns the opposite breast for 31,3%, it was a mastopexy or reduction. The esthetic improvement of the TRAM flap concerns 14 patients (12,1%). The improvement of inframammary crease was the most frequent improvement (9/115–8%).

Conclusion

The TRAM flap unipediculed allows a delayed, immediate breast reconstruction or bilateral synchronised breast reconstruction. The long-term disadvantages are the abdominal complications and the impossibility to realise the same technique for a later controlateral reconstruction.     

Immediate breast reconstruction by musculocutaneous flap]

Immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) after mastectomy is now quite frequent. To achieve this, an implant, in a complete muscular pocket, or a myocutaneous flap (latissimus dorsi, TRAM flap) can be chosen. Since 1983, 49 immediate breast reconstructions (11% of IBR) were performed with a myocutaneous flap in the Gustave Roussy Institute. In our experience, these techniques were principally performed because of the failure of conservative treatment (70%). Immediate complications were more frequently observed after immediate breast reconstructions with a TRAM flap (partial or minimal flap necrosis: 33%, infection: 13.5%). Late complications were more frequent in reconstructions with a latissimus dorsi flap: the prostheses were the main reasons (contracture III/IV: 25%, infection: 18%, deflation of the implant: 12%). The best long term results were described with the TRAM flap, and we now prefer this technique for immediate reconstruction with a flap.     

Breast cancer reconstruction in the elderly

Mastectomy is a surgical choice for breast cancer, yet breast reconstruction is underused in women older than age 60 years. Because of a paucity of information examining breast cancer reconstruction in the elderly, we sought to review our experience. By retrospective chart review, we evaluated 89 women older than 60 years having mastectomy and reconstruction from January 1998 to June 2008. Mean patient age was 65 years (range, 60 to 74 years). The majority (41%) had Stage 1 disease or Stage 2 (30%). Ductal carcinoma in situ comprised 25 per cent and Stage 3 totaled 2 per cent. Mastectomy for ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence after radiation therapy and lumpectomy comprised 11 per cent. Most underwent immediate breast reconstruction (89%). Reconstructive techniques included two-stage implant (58%), transverse rectus abdominus musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap (10%), latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap with implant (2%), or deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (1%). Complications included a 12 per cent infection rate, removal of two expanders resulting from exposure, one TRAM failure, and one TRAM required débriding. Four patients undergoing mastectomy with tissue expander had radiation resulting in one expander being removed. One local skin recurrence was treated with removal of implant and skin resection. Two patients have died from metastatic disease. Age should not be a contraindication for breast reconstruction in elderly women.     

保留乳房皮肤的乳腺切除与即刻乳房再造

目的　探讨保留乳房皮肤的乳腺切除与腹直肌肌皮瓣、背阔肌肌皮瓣加乳房假体 ,即刻再造乳房的方法。　方法　 1997年 6月～ 2 0 0 2年 6月 ,对 11例乳腺导管内原位癌和巨大乳腺良性肿瘤患者 ,经顺乳晕切口切取肿瘤活检 ,病理检查明确诊断。采用保留乳房皮肤的乳晕环形切口行乳腺或巨大肿瘤的乳腺皮下切除术 ;应用腹直肌肌皮瓣或背阔肌肌皮瓣加乳房假体即刻再造乳房 ,充填乳房的内容 ,仅以少量的肌皮瓣皮肤弥补切除后的乳头乳晕部位。再次手术时在移位后的皮瓣上再造乳头。　结果　经多科协作完成了 11例手术 ,随访 1个月始至 1～ 6年 ,效果良好 ,无肿瘤复发。其再造乳房与健侧乳房对称 ,保留了原有乳房皮肤的感觉 ,外观形态自然 ,瘢痕较少且隐蔽。　结论　在严格手术适应证防止乳腺癌复发的前提下 ,此法为一较完善的乳房再造方法。     

即刻及延期乳房再造方法的选择

目的回顾总结乳腺癌根治术后应用单纯假体植入、Becker可扩张假体植入和单蒂腹部横形腹直肌肌皮瓣（TRAM）移植、扩大背阔肌肌皮瓣（ELDF）移植乳房再造术的经验,探讨手术的适应证、方法和效果。方法自2002年7月至2005年10月,共67例患者进行了乳腺癌根治术后乳房再造术。即刻乳房再造56例：单纯假体植入38例、Becker可扩张假体植入16例、单蒂TRAM移植2例。延期乳房再造11例：单蒂TRAM移植6例、ELDF移植4例、Becker可扩张假体植入1例。结果手术效果满意,优良率超过90％。5例患者出现轻微并发症：皮瓣局灶性坏死2例,保留的乳头乳晕部分坏死1例,血清肿2例。结论单纯假体植入用于即刻乳房再造,适用于乳房较小、行保留皮肤的乳腺癌根治术后的患者,不宜用于延期乳房再造;可扩张假体植入即刻乳房再造适用于乳房较大或改良乳腺癌根治术的患者,同时可扩张假体植入延期乳房再造可用于皮肤、肌肉保留较好的乳腺癌根治患者;TRAM和ELDF皮瓣移植乳房再造是自体组织移植,其安全性高,可用于即刻和延期乳房再造。     

保留皮肤的乳腺癌根治术后即时乳房及乳头再造

目的　介绍保留皮肤的乳腺癌根治术后即时乳房乳头再造经验。方法　对早期乳腺癌 ,保留乳房皮肤 ,切除乳腺组织和腋窝淋巴结 ,应用下腹部横行腹直肌肌皮瓣即时再造乳房乳头。结果　应用该方法治疗 12例 ,再造乳房形态良好。结论　保留皮肤乳腺癌根治术后即时乳房再造 ,切口隐蔽 ,再造乳房形态效果好 ,对早期乳腺癌患者值得推广应用。     

Comparison of different techniques in personalized post-mastectomy breast reconstruction

Summary Patients undergoing breast reconstruction often ask the plastic surgeon which is the surgical procedure that gives the best results. In order to answer this question, the results of three different techniques of breast reconstruction in 62 cases were compared and evaluated. In 37 cases, the reconstruction was performed by tissue expansion followed by insertion of silicone prostheses (EXP), in 9 cases by a pedicled myocutaneous latissimus dorsi flap with prostheses (LDF), in 16 cases by a microvascular rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap. Both the subjective (patients' satisfaction and psychological attitude) and the objective data were taken into consideration to evaluate the results. The TRAM results were the best, followed by the EXP technique and then by the LDF technique. The number of immediate and delayed complications was approximately the same using all three techniques, but TRAM is a little safer. Although tissue expansion is the simplest and quickest technique which may be best for some patients, the use of autologous tissue (TRAM) is recommended.