Usefulness of endoscopic breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer

Autor: Uhi Toh, Hiroki Takahashi, Momoko Akashi, Yuka Inoue, Shino Nakagawa, Eisuke Fukuma, Ryuji Takahashi, Nobutaka Iwakuma, Kazuo Shirouzu, Miki Takenaka, Teruhiko Fujii
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Surgery Today. 44:2037-2044
ISSN: 1436-2813
0941-1291
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-013-0767-2
Popis: We compared the safety, invasiveness and cosmetic outcomes between endoscopic breast-conserving surgery (endoscopic group) and surgery under direct vision (direct vision group) for treating breast cancer. We compared 100 cases of endoscopic surgery with 150 cases of direct vision surgery. The safety was evaluated in terms of the blood loss, length of the operation and presence or absence of complications, whereas the degree of invasiveness was assessed using preoperative and postoperative leukocyte counts, neutrophil counts, interleukin (IL-6) levels and fever. The cosmetic outcome was assessed on the basis of a breast evaluation by the medical staff and the patient’s subjective satisfaction. In both groups, serious postoperative complications were absent. No significant differences were observed in the leukocyte counts, neutrophil counts, IL-6 level or fever between the groups. An evaluation of the cosmetic outcomes by the staff showed a more favorable breast size, breast shape and scar condition in the endoscopic group. A significantly higher level of patient satisfaction was also observed in the endoscopic group. Postoperative local recurrence was absent. The endoscopic approach showed comparable safety and invasiveness, and provided better postoperative cosmetic outcomes than direct vision surgery. Our results suggest that endoscopic breast-conserving surgery is a potentially useful surgical method for the treatment of breast cancer.
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