Skin‐sparing mastectomy vs conventional mastectomy: Breast reconstruction loss
It is very uncertain whether skin‐sparing mastectomy changes breast reconstruction loss compared with conventional mastectomy (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Skin‐sparing mastectomy vs conventional mastectomy Breast reconstruction loss · people with a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or invasive breast cancer It is very uncertain whether skin‐sparing mastectomy changes breast reconstruction loss compared with conventional mastectomy (very low certainty). Skin‐sparing mastectomy for the treatment of breast cancer (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.79 [0.31, 10.35] | 475 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skin‐sparing mastectomy for the treatment of breast cancer 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.