Test mesh use for breast reconstruction above the muscle
Part of Cancer, Infections, Skin clinical trials.
This study tests whether using surgical mesh can be done safely and works well in breast reconstruction done right away, in front of the chest muscle (pre-pectoral) using tissue expanders. It may help improve how the reconstructed area holds up, but you’d need to meet specific surgical and health requirements.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are female and between 22 and 75 years old.
- You are planning immediate breast reconstruction on one or both sides using tissue expanders placed above the chest muscle (pre-pectoral).
- Your planned mastectomy can be preventive (prophylactic) or for cancer, and nipple-sparing or skin-sparing surgery is okay.
- During surgery, the surgeon must see that the skin covering your breast is thick enough and can survive well (viable) for immediate pre-pectoral reconstruction.
- You cannot be pregnant, and you must not be having delayed reconstruction.
- Your plan should not be direct-to-implant (no tissue expander first), and you should not have a specific mixed plan where one side is reconstructed above the muscle and the other is reconstructed under the muscle.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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