Management of Implant Exposure in One-Stage Breast Reconstruction Using Titanium-Coated Polypropylene Mesh: Sub-Mammary Intercostal Perforator Flap

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• 作者：Michele Antonio De Riggi ; Nicola Rocco ; Giulio Gherardini…
• 关键词：Breast reconstruction ; TiLOOP Bra ; Sub ; mammary intercostal perforator flap ; Implant exposure
• 刊名：Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：40
• 期：6
• 页码：896-900
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Plastic Surgery; Otorhinolaryngology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1432-5241
• 卷排序：40

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IntroductionOne-stage implant-based breast reconstruction using titanium-coated polypropylene mesh is a novel approach widely used in Europe. Complication rates in breast reconstruction with the use of titanium-coated meshes seem to be comparable to those in patients with implant-based breast reconstruction alone. However, the use of synthetic meshes in implant-based breast reconstructive surgery leads to new clinical scenarios with the need for the breast surgeon to face new complications. We present an innovative treatment of implant exposure in the absence of infection in patients who underwent nipple-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction with silicone implants and titanium-coated polypropylene mesh by using a pedicled sub-mammary intercostal perforator flap.