Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction: Autologous vs Alloplastic. Plastic Surgery Hot Topics with Rod J. Rohrich, MD

After a mastectomy, many women choose to finish the fight against cancer by having breast reconstruction surgery. There are two major breast reconstruction methods: autologous and alloplastic. But which procedure improves quality of life the most?

Rod J. Rohrich, MD, Editor-in-Chief of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, " discusses a new study that used the Breast-Q to compare alloplastic and autologous breast reconstruction outcomes to see which technique provides the most improvement.

Read the May 2020 PRS #PlasticSurgery article, "Outcome of Quality of Life for Women Undergoing Autologous versus Alloplastic Breast Reconstruction following Mastectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" by Eltahir, Krabbe-Timmerman, Sadok, Werker, and de Bock.

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Keywords: plastic surgery; #PRSHotTopic; breast reconstruction; breast surgery; breast cancer; mastectomy; autologous breast reconstruction; BREAST-Q; alloplastic breast reconstruction; meta-analysis; breast satisfaction; psychosocial; DIEP flap; free flap; breast;