Lymphedema prevention and immediate breast reconstruction with simultaneous gastroepiploic vascularized lymph node transfer and deep inferior epigastric perforator flap: A case report.

Breast cancer-related lymphedema following axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) has been documented in 6%-55% of patients, mostly occurring within the next 3 years after radiation or surgery. We present a case of a 53-year-old patient with hormone positive, stage IB, left breast invasive ductal carcinoma treated with immediate lymphatic and microvascular breast reconstruction (MBR) using vascularized lymph node transfer (VLNT) for lymphedema prevention. A deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap (18.3 × 11.2-cm) and simultaneous prophylactic gastroepiploic-VLNT (7 × 3-cm), orthotopically inset in the axilla, were used for reconstruction following mastectomy and radical ALND. The procedure was uneventful. The patient did not display increased postoperative arm circumferences. ICG lymphography did not show any changes at 2- and 3-years after surgery. Preventive lymphatic reconstruction with GE-VLNT and immediate MBR using the DIEP flap offers a new possibility for the primary prevention of lymphedema and simultaneous immediate autologous breast reconstruction without the risk of iatrogenic lymphedema. Further studies will be directed to unveil the external validity of these findings and the risk reduction rate of this approach.

Características de los componentes del síndrome metabólico en pacientes con glucosa normal y disglicemia en ayunas / Characteristics of the components of the metabolic syndrome in patients with normal glucose and fasting disglicemia

Objetivos: Investigar las características de los componentes del Síndrome Metabólico (SM) entre pacientes con glucosa normal y disglicemia en ayunas en la población adulta de Trujillo. Material y métodos: Estudio de análisis secundario tipo descriptivo, comparativo, relacional. Se analizó base de datos, de un estudio previo sobre SM en adultos de 20-79 años en Trujillo entre los años 2010 al 2014, desarrollado a través de campañas médicas de despistaje de factores de riesgo cardiovascular. El grupo 1: incluyó 127 adultos con SM y glucosa normal en ayunas (NG). El grupo 2: incluyó 110 adultos con SM y disglicemia en ayunas (DG). Se usó la prueba t de Student para comparación de medias y la prueba Z para comparación de proporciones, con un nivel de significancia de 0,05 e intervalos de confianza del 95%. Resultados: Los niveles séricos de triglicéridos en ayunas (TG) fueron 219,09 ±101,83 mg/dl en NG y 192,3 ± 103,17 mg/dl en DG (p= 0,004) y la frecuencia de hipertrigliceridemia fue 85,04% en NG y 63,64% en DG (p=0,000) y de HDL colesterol bajo 71,65% en NG y 51,81% en DG (p=0,002). Conclusiones: Existe mayor nivel sérico de TG y mayor frecuencia de hipertrigliceridemia y HDL colesterol bajo en el grupo NG. (AU)

Objectives: To investigate the characteristics of the components of metabolic syndrome (MS) among patients with normal glucose and fasting dysglycemia in the adult population of Trujillo. Methods: Secondary analysis of descriptive, comparative and relational type. Database was analyzed of MS previous study in adults of 20-79 years in Trujillo between 2010 to 2014, developed through medical screening campaigns cardiovascular risk factors. Group 1: MS included 127 adults with normal fasting glucose (NG). The group 2 included 110 adults with MS and dysglycemia fasting (DG). Student t test was used to compare means and the Z test to compare proportions, with a significance level of 0.05 and confidence intervals of 95%. Results: Serum levels of fasting triglyceride (TG) were (219.09 ± 101.83 mg/dl and 192.3 ± NG 103.17 mg/dl in DG, p= 0.004) and frequency of hypertriglyceridemia was (85.04% and 63.64% in NG in DG with p =0.000) and low HDL cholesterol (71.65% and 51.81% in NG in DG, p=0.002). Conclusions: Higher level of TG and increased frequency of hypertriglyceridemia and low HDL cholesterol in the NG group. (AU)