The Breast Journal

Research Article

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

Table 2

Operative data of the patients.
 Studied group (n = 21)
Operative time (minutes) 
 Range118–215
 Mean172.05
 SD28.22
Type of the surgical procedure, n (%) 
 Nipple-sparing mastectomy15 (71.43%)
 Skin-sparing mastectomy6 (28.57%)
Type of the surgical management of the axilla, n (%) 
 Axillary clearance13 (61.90%)
 Sentinel lymph node biopsy8 (38.10%)
Volume of the excised specimen (ml) 
 Range250–545
 Mean419.76
 SD78.31
Volume of latissimus dorsi (ml) 
 Range115–330
 Mean228.76
 SD57.56
Volume of injected fat (ml) 
 Range160–400
 Mean236.67
 SD65.98
Percentage of injected fat compared to V3 (%) 
 Range118.34–130.43
 Mean124.40
 SD3.97
Type of postoperative adjuvant therapy, n (%) 
 Hormonal therapy only1 (4.76%)
 Hormonal therapy and chemotherapy2 (9.52%)
 Hormonal therapy and radiotherapy6 (28.57%)
 Radiotherapy and chemotherapy7 (33.33%)
 Hormonal therapy, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy5 (23.81%)
V3 = volume of the excised specimen−volume of LD.