Updates in Breast Reconstruction: Review from Evidence

Dear Colleagues,

Breast cancer treatment has changed dramatically in the last 50 years. The advancement of technologies and better patient management have made new strategies possible for breast reconstruction. Breast reconstruction is an integral part of “breast cancer treatment” in many countries. Many techniques have been introduced, and all of them have strengths and weaknesses that should be carefully investigated.

In light of this, there is concern about different access to the most advanced and expensive treatments for breast reconstruction due to social disparities.

The use of biomaterials, such as acellular dermal matrices, and microsurgical reconstruction represent a burden on health systems and are not accessible for everyone.

The final step of breast reconstruction is the nipple–areola complex reconstruction; this is a very important surgical procedure for which a lot of techniques have been described. Clarity is needed on this topic, based on scientific evidence.

Dr. Andrea Sisti
Dr. Roberto Cuomo
Guest Editors

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