Abdel- Moniem I El-Khateeb, Gamal A Makhlouf, Ahmed M Khalfallah
Eslam M. Ibrahim, Tamer A. Alnaimy and Mohammed Elkilanty
Abdelrahim A. Abdelrahim, Farouk A. Mourad, Mostafa A. Hamad, Ahmed M. Ali, Ahmed M. Ibrahim, Mohmoud R. Shehata, Ragai S. Hanna
Mostafa A. Elshazli, Mohamed D. Sarhan, Ahmed AbdAl Aziz, Mohamed.H.Khattab
Salah Soliman, Tamer Elgabary, EL Ashraf Thabet, Mahmoud Badawy
Abd Elhafez M. Elsheweal1, Ayman F. Ahmed2, Hala Y. Yousef2,Raafat Hegazy3, and Ahmed F. Elsaid4
Ahmed S. Mohammed, Mahmoud R. Shehata, Abd Elmoniem I. El-khateeb, Hany A. Ali, Tarek A. Mostafa, Ragai S. Hanna
Hany Mohamed (MD), Ashraf Goda (MD), Hatem Mohammed (MD)
Shaban M. Abdel Mageed
Mohamed M.E Ibrahem2,*, Shaban M. Abdel Mageed1,*, and Shawki M.K Sharouda1
Ahmed Morad, MD; Yasser El Ghamrini, MD
Ahmed Morad, MD; Ahmed Aly, MD; Hossam El Sadek, MD
Yasser Hussein1, Hazem Nour1, Dauda Bawa3, Mansour Morsy1, Salah Mansour1, Saleem Abdulsattar2, Medhat Mustafa2,Wael lotfy1
Mohammad Ahmad Abdel Gawad, Osama Ahmed Radwan, Ahmed Abdel Aal, Mohamed Gamal Eldin
Amr A A Mostafa Elkatatny MD, MSc., PhD1, Tarek M Hamdy MD, MSc., PhD1,Abdrabou N Mashhour MD, MSc., PhD2
Immediate Flap Reconstruction Role in Long term Outcome of Post Mastectomy Radiotherapy
Introduction: Surgical management of breast cancer includes breast conservative surgery & mastectomy.
Studies showed that patients receiving post mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) after modified radical
mastectomy (MRM) has lower 10 years rate of local recurrence & better survival rate than those who
didn’t receive PMRT according to the Danish breast cancer cooperative group 82b, 82c (1, 2) & another
Canadian research also supported that PMRT reduces rate of local & systemic relapse & reduces mortality
from breast cancer (3). Patients undergoing MRM face a strong psychological trauma as they are set to
lose an important sexual characteristic & also facing the deformity of their body figure causing more
conflict in their life, so emerged the idea of immediate breast reconstruction after MRM, as these patients
received both surgeries together rather than the traditional method of delayed reconstruction which offer
not only cosmetic but also psychological advantages. Immediate flap reconstruction whether it will
interfere with long term survival or not must be taken into consideration. However there was no study
concerned with effect of immediate TRAM on long term survival rate with PMRT, so keeping the patient
best interest in mind, emerged the idea of the study is to identify the influence of immediate breast
reconstruction on survival rate in patients receiving PMRT. Aim of the work: To identify the effect of
immediate transverse rectus abdominismyocutaneous flap reconstruction on long term outcome of post
mastectomy radiotherapy. Methods and methods: In this prospective study 74 patients were managed at
Ain shams university hospital from February 2014 to February 2017 from whom the following data were
collected: age at diagnosis, adjuvant CT & hormonal treatment, information regarding primary surgery,
local recurrence & distant metastasis, hormonal receptor status, histological diagnosis & staging, all
stages were determined according to American joint committee on cancer (AJCC) staging system 6th
edition. Pre treatment work up including history, physical examination, CBC, liver function tests, chest
radiography, abdominal ultrasound, serum carcinoembryonic antigen, CA-153 test & technetium99 bone
scintigraphy in addition to counseling as regards breast reconstruction. Results: Among 74 patients ,36
had immediate TRAM flap reconstruction &38 didn’t had immediate TRAM flap reconstruction ,follow up
for 3 years , 3year overall survival rate were 61% for TRAM flap group58% for the non - flap group.3year
disease free were 58% for the TRAM flap group 61% for the non- flap group. Conclusion: According to
our statistical data there is no significant difference between immediate TRAM flap reconstruction &no
reconstruction in terms of local recurrence, distant metastasis, disease free & overall survival rate in
patient receiving PMRT.