[Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP®) incidence of complications in breast reconstructive surgery: A retrospective comparative analysis].

Introduction: On 29 March 2010, the Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP(®)) breast prosthesis was withdrawn from the market by the ANSM. In this study we review our experience with PIP(®) implants in breast reconstruction. We compare our complications with other types of breast implants used during the same period at our institution.

[Breast reconstruction by latissimus dorsi flap: Towards an evolution of ideas].

Aim Of The Study: Breast reconstruction with latissimus dorsi flap and fat grafting is a technique widely used in current practice. Some operators still complain at the lack of final results at the first intervention and the need for repeated lipofilling sessions. The objective of this study was to compare the number of reoperations in patients who underwent reconstruction with latissimus dorsi with prosthesis versus without prosthesis.

The impact of poly implant prothèse fraud on breast cancer patients: a report by the institut curie.

In March of 2010, French authorities suspended the use of breast implants made by the company Poly Implant Prothèse. Institut Curie is a large cancer center, and Poly Implant Prothèse was one major silicone-filled breast implant brand used. This report describes the impact of the fraudulent implants worldwide and more specifically on patient care at the authors' unit.

[Principles of oncoplastic surgery in breast surgery].

After a conservative treatment for breast cancer, 75% of patients end up with a good aesthetic result, i.e. little or no residual asymmetry and minor postradiotherapy after-effects.

Immediate breast reconstruction using a laparoscopically harvested omental flap.

Use of an omental flap to reconstruct the breast after cancer surgery was first reported by Kiricuta in 1963. Since then, the omentum has been widely used in cancer surgery to cover extensive thoracic defects associated with radionecrosis. In contrast, for breast reconstruction or augmentation mammaplasty, rectus abdominis and latissimus dorsi flaps have been used far more often than omental flaps.

[Value of reduction mammoplasty in the conservative treatment of breast neoplasms. Apropos of 70 cases].

Breast cancer surgery is on the increase. Until now conservative treatment has been limited to tumors less than 3 cm; it is now extending to surgery on reduced tumors after chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Some cancers still require mastectomy because a carcinologic satisfactory tumorectomy would create a major deformity not compatible with conservative treatment.

[Temporal muscle flap in cranio-facial reconstructive surgery. Apropos of 32 cases].

The temporalis muscle flap is used in craniofacial reconstructive surgery to repair defects, to restore facial contours and to cover bone grafts. These possibilities of reconstruction are analysed in the light of 32 cases. After reviewing the anatomy and the surgical technique, this series is presented as a function of the various types of defect: cranio-orbital (9 cases), defects of the malar area (6 cases), maxillary defects (7 cases), mandibular defects (7 cases), malar and parotid soft tissues defects (2 cases), mastoid defects (1 case).

[Increased viability of skin flaps using naftidrofuryl. An experimental study in the Wistar rat].

The effect of a vasodilator (naftidrofuryl) was evaluated in an experimental study in rats concerning the viability of a skin flap. The reference flap is a dorsal skin flap deliberately shaped very long in order to obtain necrosis of its distal extremity. This necrosis is measurable and sufficiently reproducible.