Robot-assisted nipple-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction with gel implant and latissimus dorsi muscle flap: Our initial experience.

Journal: The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery : MRCAS
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study reports the preliminary results of da Vinci robot XI robot-assisted nipple-sparing mastectomy immediate breast reconstruction (R-NSMIBR) with gel implant and latissimus dorsi muscle flap.

Authors

  • Kuo Chen
    Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
  • Jin Zhang
    Department of Otolaryngology, The Second People's Hospital of Yibin, Yibin, Sichuan, China.
  • Narasimha M Beeraka
    Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology & Regenerative Medicine (CEMR), Department of Biochemistry, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), JSS Medical college, Mysuru, Karnataka, 570015, India.
  • Dajiang Song
    Department of Oncology Plastic Surgery, Hunan Province Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
  • Mikhail Y Sinelnikov
    I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia.
  • Pengwei Lu
    Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.