Autologous fat grafting and breast cancer recurrences: retrospective analysis of a series of 100 procedures in 64 patients.

Autologous fat transfer (AFT) enhances the cosmetic results of breast reconstruction and corrects breast conserving operation sequelae. The question of its oncological safety remains, as in-vitro experiences have shown that adipocytes can stimulate cancer cell proliferation. This study analysed the records of patients who had AFT after breast cancer from 2004-2009.

[Closure of the abdominal wall after removal of a mucocutaneous flap from the transverse rectus abdominis for breast reconstruction. Apropos of 48 cases. Review of the literature].

In view of the good results of breast reconstruction with the transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap, we used this method in 48 patients, but we observed abdominal complications, which are difficult to accept for cosmetic surgery. Hartrampf, one of pioneers of this technique, reports a very low complication, rate by closing the abdominal wall without the use of prosthetic mesh. However his results are not reproducible as numerous authors, following his technique, have reported abdominal hernias and now use prosthetic reinforcement.

[Apropos of 49 transverse rectus abdominis muscle flap (TRAM) in carcinologic and reconstructive surgery].

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[Subcutaneous mastectomies. Apropos of 272 cases].

Subcutaneous mammectomy was performed in 272 patients with reconstruction in 256. This type of surgery lies midway between conservative surgery and mammectomy. The conditions of exeresis and prosthetic reconstruction, follow-up (recurrences and metastasis) were analyzed according to each histological type and were comparable with the usually reported results for breast cancer.

[Forum on tissue expansion. Tissue expansion and radiotherapy. Changes in epidermal mitotic index induced by expansion and/or irradiation in the rat].

In order to study the influence of irradiation during skin expansion, an experimental protocol using 15 laboratory rats was undertaken. The present experiment was designed to evaluate the mitotic activity of the epidermis by in vitro autoradiography. The mitotic activity was assessed by the Labelling Index.