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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To report on the outcomes and evolution of an oncoplastic mammaplasty referred to as geometric compensation mammaplasty. METHODS: Seventy-three patients with malignant tumours were operated on and followed up in five centres in two countries. Preoperative markings were performed using a Wise pattern. The resection of affected skin was geometrically compensated using another area of preserved skin. RESULTS: Mean pathological tumour size was 30.42 ± 21.98 mm. Twenty tumours (30.77%) were locally advanced and 15 (20.55%) were multicentric. Twenty-two patients (34.38%) were submitted to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Cosmetic results were considered good or excellent in 59 cases (80.82%). Margins were positive in two cases (2.74%). Complications were partial wound dehiscence (n = 11; 15.07%), fat necrosis (n = 9; 12.33%), skin necrosis (n = 5; 6.85%), seromas (n = 5; 6.85%), enlarged scars (n = 7; 9.59%) and infection (n = 2; 2.74%). There were three cases of local recurrence (4.29%), two of bone metastasis (2.86%) and three of metachronous contralateral breast cancer (4.35%). No deaths were recorded within a mean follow-up of 35.33 ± 28.21 months. CONCLUSIONS: The technique allowed breast conservation in situations requiring a large resection of skin in difficult positions, with a high rate of free margins, correction of ptosis, satisfactory symmetry and few complications.
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Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Mammaplasty/methods , Cohort Studies , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Mastectomy, Segmental/methods , Middle Aged , Retrospective Studies , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Se diseñó un estudio prospectivo descriptivo de inducción de partos sobre 36 semanas, con el objetivo de certificar su seguridad y efectividad para obtener resulución vaginal del parto en pacientes con indicación de interrupción, pero con malas condiciones cervicales. A 207 pacientes del Hospital Regional de Puerto Montt, con feto único vivo sobre 36 semanas, en presentación cefálica y sin compromiso de la Unidad Fetoplacentaria (UFP) se les administró 100 mcg de Misoprostol intravaginal, obteniéndose un parto vaginal en el 81 por ciento de los casos, el 90,4 por ciento se produjo antes de las 24 horas. La complicación más frecuente fue la polisistolia y la principal causa de cesárea fue la sospecha clínica de compromiso de UFP, destacando sólo 5 casos con apgar < 7 a los 5 min. Se concluye que el Misoprostol intravaginal es un método eficaz, seguro, económico y de fácil uso en la inducción de parto en éste grupo de pacientes
