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Prevention and Treatment of Infections in Breast Reconstruction with Implants

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Abstract

Breast cancer is one of the main causes of deaths among women all over the world. Its treatment has been changed dramatically over the last decades with the paradigm change from radical mastectomy to conservative surgery associated with radiotherapy [1, 2]. Nonetheless, conservative surgeries could make deformities in the breast and better strategies needed to be used for better aesthetic results [3]. The oncoplastic surgery is the answer for this matter with greater benefits, including excellent cosmetic outcomes, better local control of the margins of the tumor, and greater satisfactions from patients and surgeons [4]. The skills of the breast surgeons have been improved in conservative techniques and also in reconstruction of the breast in cases of mastectomies, with a complication rate of 15–25% [5, 6].

This paper was conducted in the Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil.

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  1. Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Sobral, Brazil

    Emannuel Filizola Cavalcante

  2. Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Douglas de Miranda Pires

  3. Mastology Program, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Federal University of Goiás, Service of Gynecology and Breast, Hospital Araújo Jorge, ACCG (Associação de Combate ao Câncer em Goiás), Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

    Régis Resende Paulinelli

  4. Gynecologist and Breast Service of Araujo Jorge Hospital, Breast Fighting Association in Goiás, Goiás, Brazil

    Régis Resende Paulinelli

  5. Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Carolina Lamac Figueiredo

  6. Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Carolina Nazareth Valadares & Mariana dos Santos Nascimento

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Cavalcante, E.F., de Miranda Pires, D., Paulinelli, R.R., Figueiredo, C.L., Valadares, C.N., dos Santos Nascimento, M. (2019). Prevention and Treatment of Infections in Breast Reconstruction with Implants. In: Urban, C., Rietjens, M., El-Tamer, M., Sacchini, V.S. (eds) Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62927-8_46

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