Scar Healing after Breast Reconstruction: A 5-year Follow-up in Asian Patients
Even in Asian patients with persistent hypervascularity of breast scars, most cases improve within 5 years after reconstruction. However, hypervascularity tends to persist in cases that also show hypertrophy. Compared with hypervascularity and hypertrophy, hyperpigmentation showed worse 5-year improvement.
Authors
- Hirotaka Suga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8279-9367)
- Mikiko Imamura
- Tomohiro Shiraishi
- Akihiko Takushima
- Risa Murakami
Institutions
- Kyorin University (JP)
- Teikyo University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Published
- 2024-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.53045/jprs.2024-0013
- Primary Topic
- Breast Implant and Reconstruction
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00