Innovations in Microsurgical Techniques for Breast Cancer Reconstruction
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Methods and Technologies Development".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 3439
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Interests: autologous breast reconstruction; lymphedema; patient-reported outcomes
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Dear Colleagues,
Breast cancer is the leading cancer in women, affecting close to 30% of women in their lifetime. Surgical management of breast cancer is highly effective but can result in scars, cosmetic deformities, or an absence of breast. Not surprisingly, these consequences can greatly affect the psychosocial well-being of women. Breast reconstruction aims to address these effects and has been shown to improve patient outcomes and quality of life following ablative surgery for breast cancer. The options include oncoplastic techniques, implant-based reconstructions, autologous reconstruction, or a combination of the above.
While the choice of reconstructive type is a personal one, autologous reconstruction has been shown to provide a more natural reconstruction that lasts forever and is associated with higher patient satisfaction and a lower cost than implants. Because of this, there has been an increasing focus on autologous breast reconstruction over the past several decades. Advances in technology as well as our understanding of anatomy and blood supply have concurrently improved our outcomes and limited the morbidity associated with breast reconstruction. It is to these innovations and ones that are currently being explored/developed that we have dedicated this Special Issue on “Innovations in Microsurgical Techniques for Breast Cancer Reconstruction”. Our focus will be on showing the evolution of microsurgical breast reconstruction through innovation to its current state of the art. We hope to show the transition from working towards a successful reconstruction to one that is also esthetically pleasing, sensate, and functionally conscious.
Dr. Babak J. Mehrara
Dr. Robert J. Allen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- breast reconstruction
- autologous breast reconstruction
- DIEP flap
- robotic DIEP flap
- sensibility
- alternative flaps
- post-mastectomy pain
- PAP flap
- LAP flap
- GAP flap
- LTP flap
- perforator flap
- latissimus flap
- fat grafting
- nerve repair
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