Can Saline be an Alternative to Aesthetic Surgery in Extended Breast Quadrantectomy?

• 作 者: MahaAbdelhadi;
• 机 构: Department of Surgery King Fahd Hospital of the Universtiy Saudi Arabia
• 出 处: BIT‘s2nd Annual World Cancer Congess-2009 (2009第二届癌症大会)
• 发表日期: 2009年期

　　Despite the long and high success rate of cosmetic surgery for breast cancer it is still coupled to some degree with the risk of morbidity.This study attempts to explore other simpler options sparing the patients the above morbidity and cost in extended quadrantectomy.24 patients elected to undergo extended breast quadrantectomy with intra-operative saline injections into the cavity between 1999-2005.Age ranged between 28-43 yrs.Tumor size ranged 3-5cms.All margins were negative on frozen section.The contour of the breast was restored with saline during the procedure, MRI was employed for follow up at the immediate post operative period, and at 4-6 months, it has demonstrated the reasonably restored breast contour and the saline filled cavity is replaced by lipo-fibrous tissue.