Publications by authors named "T Meresse"

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  • The study aimed to investigate the relationship between the immune microenvironment and survival outcomes in patients with vulvovaginal melanoma.
  • It involved a retrospective analysis of 42 patients, examining tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and genetic mutations, with significant findings on immune cell presence related to better disease-free survival.
  • The researchers concluded that specific types of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes could indicate disease progression and response to treatments, suggesting the need for further multicenter studies to confirm these results.
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Background: The advent of propeller flaps has permitted new and less invasive coverage solutions for thoracic defects compared to conventional flaps. Through a retrospective analysis of our cases, we would like to show the advantages of the internal mammary artery perforator (IMAP) flap for anterior chest wall reconstruction.

Methods: We included patients who underwent anterior chest wall reconstruction with an IMAP propeller flap in the Toulouse University Hospital's plastic surgery department from January 2019 to December 2022.

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Background: Day surgery is developing and its popularity is increasing for a variety of reasons: economic constraints, changes in professional practices, a greater adhesion of the patient. In an era of progress in surgical procedures, pedicled-perforator flaps reducing donor site morbidity and avoiding micro-anastomosis could take their place in Day surgery if planned and managed by an experienced team.

Methods: In the period January 2019 to January 2021, we performed perforator flaps for soft tissue coverage in ambulatory setting.

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Introduction: Autologous fat transfer (AFT) is widely used to improve results of breast reconstructive surgery, but its safety is controversial. Our objective was to evaluate the oncologic safety of AFT in a homogeneous population of patients who underwent a total mastectomy with immediate reconstruction for breast cancer.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study by identifying all patients who underwent immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer from 2007 to 2015 in our center.

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