Journal Title: تابستان 86
Article title: Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy, Necessity or Luxury?

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Article abstract:
Introduction & Objective: These days, the majority of women who are undergoing mastectomy can also have breast reconstruction. Implants and latissimus dorsi flaps are some kinds of surgery that can be performed. The development of Transverse Rectus Abdominis Myocutaneous (TRAM) flap, enabled surgeons to use it, extensively for breast reconstruction. The main aim of this study was determination of the prevalence of different reconstructive surgery in Iran, find out advantages and disadvantage of these procedure and also evaluation of satisfaction of the patients. Materials & Methods: In a descriptive and cross-sectional study 148 patients, undergoing breast reconstructive surgery during 14 years, were evaluated. Their demographic data, age, kind of surgery gathered from their medical files. Then they followed for 5 years and complication of surgery and their satisfaction were evaluated. Data analyzed with SPSS software. Results: The most kind of surgery was TRAM flap 127 (86.3%) then was tissue expanders, implants, respectively; Fat necrosis 13 (8.7%) patients, seroma in 12 (8.1%) patients were the most complication of TRAM flap surgery. Satisfaction of patients were excellent in 31%, 25% respectively for breast and abdomen reconstructive surgery. Conclusions: This study suggests that the TRAM flap for breast reconstruction is a safe and reliable technique which provides an excellent cosmetic outcome with a high degree of patients satisfaction.
Article KeyWords:
Breast Reconstruction, Mastectomy
Article Authors:

	دكتـر علي منافي	First Author	dramanafi@Yahoo.com
	دكتر محمد احمدي‌مقـدم	Other Author
	دكتر علي‌محمد ميرفخـرايي	Other Author