Outcomes of a Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Program

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Breast Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00543907

2007P000232

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to analyze an institution's experience with starting a subspecialized DIEP flap program.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to analyze an institution's experience with starting a subspecialized DIEP flap program and to determine whether other hospitals would benefit from instituting a similar program. Prior studies have compared the outcome from a DIEP flap program with that of TRAM flaps within the same center. Other studies have calculated the cost of a DIEP flap and its complication rate. However, no one has examined the overall effects of a subspecialized reconstruction program and its impact on a health center. In this study, we will determine if the institutionalization of a DIEP flap program has increased our center's rate of breast reconstruction, as well as evaluate its outcomes and overall financial viability.

Enrollment: 977 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Intraductal carcinoma
• Lobular carcinoma
• Infiltrating ductal carcinoma
• Paget's disease
• BRCA positive

Exclusion criteria

• Inflammatory carcinoma of the breast

Trial design

977 participants in 2 patient groups

Pre programmatic development

Description:

Patients who have undergone mastectomy for breast cancer prior to implementation of the deep inferior epigastric perforator flap microsurgical breast reconstruction program

Post programmatic development

Description:

Patients who have undergone mastectomy for breast cancer after implementation of the deep inferior epigastric perforator flap microsurgical breast reconstruction program