Postmastectomy Reconstruction in Male Breast Cancer

Table 2

Mastectomy and reconstruction characteristics.

Author, year	Mastectomy type	Chest; reconstruction	Type of local flap	Timing of reconstruction	NAC reconstruction
Al-Kalla and Komorowska-Timek, 2014 [25]	Not specified	Fat grafting	N/A	Immediate	Skate flap with skin graft
Bamba et al., 2017 [26]	Bilateral, not specified	Silicone implants	N/A	Delayed	None
Banys-Paluchowski et al., 2016 [1]	Not specified	Local flap	Pedicled LD myocutaneous flap	Immediate	None
Danino et al., 1998 [27]	Not specified	Local flap	Rotational internal-external oblique flap	Delayed	None
Di Benedetto et al., 1997 [28]	MRM: 2 radical mastectomy: 9	Local flap (n = 11)	Thoracic fasciocutaneous flap: 2 thoracoepigastric flap: 2; LD myocutaneous flap: 5 TRAM flap: 2	Immediate	None
Elshafiey et al., 2011 [29]	Not specified^a	Local flap (n = 8)	LD myocutaneous flap: 3 TRAM flap: 1; cutaneous local flap: 4	Immediate	None
Giunta et al., 2017 [30]	MRM	Primary closure with NAC reconstruction	N/A	Delayed NAC reconstruction	FTSG for areola, local flap for nipple
Igun, 2000 [31]	MRM	Local flap	TRAM flap	Immediate	None
Nakao et al., 2002 [32]	Radical mastectomy	Local flap	Pedicled deltopectoral flap	Immediate	None
Schaverien et al., 2013 [33]	Bilateral simple mastectomy	Local flap	Rotational hatchet flaps	Immediate	None
Spear and Bowen, 1997 [34]	MRM	Local flap	TRAM flap	Delayed	Skate flap with FTSG to recreate areola

^aNot specified for the 8 patients who underwent postmastectomy reconstruction. FTSG: full-thickness skin graft; LD: latissimus dorsi; MRM: modified radical mastectomy; TRAM: transverse rectus abdominis muscle; NAC: nipple-areola complex.