Research Article

Combined Endoscopy-Assisted Muscle-Sparing Latissimus Dorsi Flap Harvesting with Lipofilling Enhancement as a New Volume Replacement Technique in Breast Reconstruction

Table 1

Demographic and preoperative clinical data of the patients.

Studied group (n = 21)

Age (years)
 Range28–56
 Mean42.10
 SD8.46
BMI (kg/m2)
 Range28–37
 Mean29.90
 SD4.08
Affected side
 Right8 (38.10%)
 Left13 (61.90%)
Clinical staging, n (%)
 I5 (23.81%)
 IIA6 (28.57%)
 IIB5 (23.81%)
 IIIA5 (23.81%)
Histopathological type
 Infiltrative ductal carcinoma16 (76.19%)
 Infiltrative lobular carcinoma4 (19.05%)
 Mixed type1 (4.76%)