Review Article

Postmastectomy Reconstruction in Male Breast Cancer

Table 3

Postoperative complications and long-term outcomes.

Author, yearComplicationsPatient satisfactionRecurrenceMortalityFollow-up duration

Al-Kalla and Komorowska-Timek, 2014 [25]Partial necrosis of nippleSatisfied006 months
Bamba et al., 2017 [26]NoneSatisfiedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Banys-Paluchowski et al., 2016 [1]NoneNot reported0024 months
Danino et al., 1998 [27]Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Di Benedetto et al., 1997 [28]Not reportedNot reportedNot reported5 (45.5%)36 ± 22.1 months
Elshafiey et al., 2011 [29]Not specifiedaNot reportedNot specifiedaNot specifiedaNot specifieda
Giunta et al., 2017 [30]NoneSatisfied0018 months
Igun, 2000 [31]NoneNot reportedLocal × 3024 months
Nakao et al., 2002 [32]NoneNot reported0024 months
Schaverien et al., 2013 [33]Hypertrophic scarringSatisfied0010 months;
17 months
Spear and Bowen, 1997 [34]NoneSatisfied0012 months

aNot specified for the 8 patients who underwent postmastectomy reconstruction.