TY - JOUR
T1 - Postirradiation Capsular Contracture in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction
T2 - Management and Outcome
AU - Haran, Oriana
AU - Bracha, Gal
AU - Tiosano, Alon
AU - Menes, Tehillah
AU - Madah, Ehab
AU - Gur, Eyal
AU - Barnea, Yoav
AU - Arad, Ehud
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: Implant-based breast reconstruction is commonly avoided in the setting of radiation therapy, mainly because of risks of capsular contracture. Nevertheless, as breast reconstruction is becoming more available, more patients undergo both implant-based breast reconstruction and radiotherapy. The dilemma is how to manage capsular contracture if it does occur. The goal of this study was to examine the outcome of patients with implant-based breast reconstruction who developed postirradiation capsular contracture and were treated with capsulotomy or capsulectomy, with or without fat grafting. METHODS: The authors reviewed charts of patients who developed capsular contracture following alloplastic breast reconstruction followed by radiation therapy, between 2008 and 2018. The surgical treatment methods for capsular contracture were evaluated along with their outcomes. A follow-up of at least 1 year was required. RESULTS: Forty-eight breasts with postirradiation capsular contracture underwent surgical implant exchange with capsular release, of which 15 had combined fat grafting and 33 did not. Overall, 35 breasts (72.9 percent) showed long-term resolution of capsular contracture; 24 underwent a single procedure and 11 required an additional fat grafting procedure. Some patients [six breasts (12.5 percent)] were offered a consecutive round of fat grafting, and some [seven breasts (14.5 percent)] were offered autologous reconstruction because of lack of improvement. Fat grafting increased the success rate by more than 30 percent when it was initially and consecutively used. CONCLUSIONS: Postirradiation capsular contracture may be treated successfully by secondary procedures, sustaining implant-based breast reconstruction in over 70 percent of breasts. Fat grafting may elevate resolution rates even further, to 86 percent. Larger prospective studies are required to validate these findings. CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic, III.
AB - BACKGROUND: Implant-based breast reconstruction is commonly avoided in the setting of radiation therapy, mainly because of risks of capsular contracture. Nevertheless, as breast reconstruction is becoming more available, more patients undergo both implant-based breast reconstruction and radiotherapy. The dilemma is how to manage capsular contracture if it does occur. The goal of this study was to examine the outcome of patients with implant-based breast reconstruction who developed postirradiation capsular contracture and were treated with capsulotomy or capsulectomy, with or without fat grafting. METHODS: The authors reviewed charts of patients who developed capsular contracture following alloplastic breast reconstruction followed by radiation therapy, between 2008 and 2018. The surgical treatment methods for capsular contracture were evaluated along with their outcomes. A follow-up of at least 1 year was required. RESULTS: Forty-eight breasts with postirradiation capsular contracture underwent surgical implant exchange with capsular release, of which 15 had combined fat grafting and 33 did not. Overall, 35 breasts (72.9 percent) showed long-term resolution of capsular contracture; 24 underwent a single procedure and 11 required an additional fat grafting procedure. Some patients [six breasts (12.5 percent)] were offered a consecutive round of fat grafting, and some [seven breasts (14.5 percent)] were offered autologous reconstruction because of lack of improvement. Fat grafting increased the success rate by more than 30 percent when it was initially and consecutively used. CONCLUSIONS: Postirradiation capsular contracture may be treated successfully by secondary procedures, sustaining implant-based breast reconstruction in over 70 percent of breasts. Fat grafting may elevate resolution rates even further, to 86 percent. Larger prospective studies are required to validate these findings. CLINICAL QUESTION/LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapeutic, III.
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U2 - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007453
DO - 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007453
M3 - Article
C2 - 33002986
AN - SCOPUS:85098728012
SN - 0032-1052
VL - 147
SP - 11
EP - 19
JO - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
JF - Plastic and reconstructive surgery
IS - 1
ER -