Modified Lower Pole Autologous Dermal Sling for Implant Reconstruction in Women Undergoing Immediate Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy

Table 1

Clinicopathological details of all the cases undergoing nipple sparing mastectomy with implant reconstruction using the modified dermal sling approach.

	Case; Right	Case; Left	Case; Left	Case; Right	Case; Right	Case; Left	Case; Left	Case; Left
Age	33	33	40	42	32	32	56	41
Indication	Risk-reducing	Risk-reducing	Cancer	Risk-reducing	Cancer	Risk-reducing	Risk-reducing	Cancer
Year of surgery	2013	2013	2013	2014	2014	2014	2013	2014
Active smoker	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Bra cup	A/D	A/D	C	C	B	B	C	D
Breast weight at surgery (g)	80	120	380	560	360	320	275	540
Implant size and shape	370MX	370MX	375MF	375MF	320MM	320MM	375MF	375MF
Nipple shave	Negative	Negative	Positive	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative
Complications	None	None	Superficial skin necrosis and nipple epidermolysis	None	Nipple epidermolysis	None	Superficial skin necrosis	None
Chemotherapy	N/A	N/A	Adjuvant	N/A	Neoadjuvant	N/A	N/A	Neoadjuvant
Hormone therapy; (Tamoxifen)	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes
Herceptin therapy	N/A	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	N/A	Yes
Tumour grade	N/A	N/A	2	N/A	2	N/A	N/A	2
Lymph node status	N/A	N/A	Micrometastasis	N/A	Negative	N/A	N/A	Positive
Maximum tumour size (mm)	N/A	N/A	90	N/A	56	N/A	N/A	50

The implants used in the series were Allergan style 410.
N/A: not applicable.
MM: Moderate Height Moderate projection.
MF: Moderate Height Full projection.
MX: Moderate Height Extra full projection.