Subcutaneous expanders and synthetic mesh for breast reconstruction: long-term and patient reported BREAST-Q outcomes of a single center prospective study

Recently, prepectoral breast reconstruction is experiencing a revival. Despite of the growing body of early reports about subcutaneous breast reconstruction, literature lacks of long term results and studies focusing on patient-reported outcomes and heath related quality of life (HRQOL).Between January 2012 and December 2016, patients undergoing mastectomy were enrolled at our Institution. We selected patients diagnosed for breast cancer or genetic predisposition to breast cancer, undergoing conservative mastectomy, either nipple-sparing (NSM) or skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM), willing for prepectoral tissue expander reconstruction assisted by a synthetic mesh.

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