Objective  To summarize the experience of 23 cases of axillary approach endoscopy-assisted bilateral skin-sparing mastectomy surgery with immediate prosthetic breast reconstruction, and to discuss its superiority and patient satisfaction. Methods  The clinical data of 23 female breast cancer patients who underwent axillary approach endoscopy-assisted bilateral skin-sparing mastectomy surgery with immediate prosthetic breast reconstruction from June 2021 to June 2022 in the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University were retrospectively included. We summarized the surgical procedures, surgical safety, and postoperative patient satisfaction. Results  Twenty-three patients have operated the axillary approach endoscopy-assisted bilateral skin-sparing mastectomy surgery with immediate prosthetic breast reconstruction successfully without nipple reconstruction. Among them, 9 patients underwent dual-main surgeons’ surgery, and 14 patients underwent one-main surgeon surgery. The surgery time ranges from 3.5 to 7.0 h, mean of 4.76 h, and the mean operation time of 9 patients underwent dual-main surgeons’ surgery was shorter than that of patients underwent one-main surgeons’ surgery. The blood loss ranges from 20 to150 mL, mean of 45.7 mL. The postoperative hospital stay range from 0 to 24 d, mean of 10.7 d. Four people suffered from complications: 1 patient with prosthesis moving up, 2 patients with nipple-areola complications, and 1 patient with subcutaneous emphysema. All 23 women were followed for 3 months, and no one suffered from recurrence, metastasis, and death during this period. We surveyed people by BREAST-Q scale when pre-operation, 1 month after the operation, and 3 months after the operation. Compared with preoperative patients, the sexual well-being, psychosocial well-being, and chest physical well-being of 1 month postoperative patients were decreased, but obviously increased in 2 months. The satisfaction with breast of 3 months of postoperative patients were higher than preoperative patients. Conclusions  Endoscopy-assisted bilateral skin-sparing mastectomy surgery with immediate prosthetic breast reconstruction can achieve good cosmetic results and improve surgical safety. The dual-main surgeons’ surgery can decrease the operation time, so as to reduce the risk of anesthesia for patients.

Citation： LIU Ziteng, LI Zongyan, FU Xiaoyan, LI Haiyan. Clinical effect of axillary approach endoscopy-assisted bilateral skin-sparing mastectomy surgery with immediate prosthetic breast reconstruction. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2022, 29(11): 1427-1432. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.202209020 Copy