COVID-associated complications after reconstructive breast surgery: a retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: The COVID pandemic significantly influenced reconstructive breast surgery regimens. Many surgeries were cancelled or postponed. COVID entails not only respiratory, but also coagulative symptoms.

Pregnancy after abdominoplasty with mesh placement: A case report.

A 32-year-old Caucasian female, who had an abdominoplasty with sublay mesh placement for rectus abdominis diastasis becamepregnant one year later. The gestation was uneventful and the baby was born healthy after 40 weeks of pregnancy. During and after the pregnancy the patient's abdomen had been evaluated intensively and there was no recurrence of rectus abdominis diastasis.

Autologous Breast Reconstruction With a Delay Procedure of the Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap Because of Venous Congestion of the Flap on Pedicle: A Case Series.

The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap is one of the most used free flaps for the reconstruction of the breast after a mastectomy. Despite careful selection of the patients and preoperative imaging, difficulties in vascularization of the flap can occur in some cases. Although multiple vascular connections (bipedicled, turbocharged, or stacked) can be made in selected cases, there can still be venous congestion before the flap is transferred.

Predictors of complications after direct-to-implant breast reconstruction with an acellular dermal matrix from a multicentre randomized clinical trial.

Background: In the multicentre randomized trial BRIOS (Breast Reconstruction In One Stage), direct-to-implant (DTI) breast reconstruction with an acellular dermal matrix (ADM) was associated with a markedly higher postoperative complication rate compared with two-stage tissue expander/implant breast reconstruction. This study aimed to identify factors that contribute to the occurrence of complications after DTI ADM-assisted breast reconstruction.

Methods: Data were obtained from the BRIOS study, including all patients treated with DTI ADM-assisted breast reconstruction.

Delay of adjuvant radiotherapy due to postoperative complications after oncoplastic breast conserving surgery.

Background: In the past a mastectomy was the first approach of treating breast cancer. Oncoplastic techniques combined with breast conserving surgery (BCS) and radiotherapy has become an alternative to mastectomy in patients with non-metastasized breast cancer. The aim of this study was to analyse the amount and types of complications occurring after oncoplastic BCS before and after adjuvant radiotherapy and the delay of adjuvant therapy due to the complications.