Clinical Study

Retrospective Comparison of Non-Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Skin-Sparing Mastectomy with Immediate Breast Reconstruction

Table 1

Patients and tumor characteristics and stage in SSM and NSSM (%).

SSMNSSM

Number of patients73129
 July 2003–June 200726 (35.6)81 (62.8)
 July 2007–June 201047 (64.4)48 (37.2)
Age (yrs.)47.0 ± 9.057.7 ± 11.9
Follow-up time (months)30.0 ± 22.641.1 ± 21.3

Microcalcifications on mammography26 (35.6)45 (34.9)
Multicentricity9 (12.3)15 (11.6)
Nipple discharge14 (19.2)13 (10.1)
Distance between nipple and tumor < 20 mm52 (71.2)82 (63.6)

Stage 0: TisN0M011 (15.1)10 (7.8)
Stage I:T1N0M025 (34.2)33 (25.6)
Stage IIA28 (38.4)58 (43.0)
 T1N1M013
 T2N0M02755
Stage IIB9 (12.3)28 (21.6)
 T2N1M0823
 T3N0M015

(Neoadjuvant chemotherapy: NAC)4 (5.5)5 (3.9)