Primary reconstructive plastic surgery in nodular form of III stage breast cancer

Abstract

In this study there was evaluated the possibility to perform one-stage reconstructive and plastic operations (RPO) in III stage breast cancer (BC) cases. There were analyzed two similar groups of patients, depending on the volume of the operations: in the 1st (main) group there were carried out RPO of different kinds of simultaneously with radical mastectomies (RME), in the 2nd (control) RMEs with preservation of pectoral muscles. There were analyzed overall survival (OS), disease-free survival (DFS); the frequency ofpostoperative complications and aesthetic results of the treatment. 3-, 5- and 10-year OS and DFS in group statistically did not differed significantly (p > 0.05). The rate of postoperative complications was in the group of patients who undergone RPO by TRAM-flap accounted of 8.3%, in the RME group - 6.9% (p> 0.05). The aesthetic results of the treatment: satisfactory in RPO, unsatisfactory - in RME.