Oncologic Safety of Skin-Sparing and Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy: A Discussion and Review of the Literature

Table 2

Local recurrence after skin-sparing mastectomy in stage IIB/III breast cancer.

Author	Study design	Number of Pts	LR	Followup (months)
Lim et al. [13]	Retrospective	87	4.6%	60
Foster et al. [14]	Prospective	25	4%	49.2
Downes et al. [15]	Retrospective	38	2.6%	52.9