Review Article
Optimizing Surgical Margins in Breast Conservation
Table 1
Oncoplastic surgery and margin involvement, local recurrence rates, and survival rates.
| Author | Year | Number of patients | Weight (g)/volume of specimen | Close/involved margins (reexcision/mastectomy) | Local recurrence rate | Survival rate | Median followup (months) |
| Clough et al. [15] | 2003 | 101 | 222 | | 9.4% | 95.7% | 44 | Kaur et al. [16] | 2005 | 30 | 200 | 16% | | | | Rietjens et al. [17] | 2007 | 148 | 198 | 2.02% | 3% | 92.47% | 74 | Giacalone et al. [18] |
2006 | 31 | 190 | 21% | | | | Meretoja et al. [19] | 2010 | 90 | | 12.2% | 0% | | 26 | Fitoussi et al. [20] | 2010 | 540 | 187.7 | 18.9% | 6.8% | 92.6% | 49 | Chakravorty et al. [21] | 2012 | 146 | 67 (11–1050) | 2.7% | 4.3% | | 28 |
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