From the aDivision of Breast and Plastic Surgery, Instituto Brasileiro de Controle do Cancer

bDivision of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Sírio-Libanês

cDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Hospital Moriah, São Paulo, Brazil

dDivision of Plastic Surgery, Instituto Brasileiro de Controle do Cancer.

Received August 16, 2023, and accepted for publication, after revision January 2, 2024.

The study was conducted at the Division of Breast and Plastic Surgery, Instituto Brasileiro de Controle do Cancer (IBCC), São Paulo, Brazil.

Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: A.M.M. serves as a consultant/board member for Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc, but did not receive any financial support or assistance in the preparation of this article. The other co-authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethical approval and informed consent: Research ethics board approval (Brazil Platform System; approval number CAAE, 46253215.2.0000.0072) was obtained for a retrospective cohort study. Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects.

Author contributions: G.S.D. and F.M.T. were responsible for data collection. All authors analyzed and interpreted the data. G.S.D. and A.M.M. wrote the main manuscript text. All authors reviewed the manuscript for critical content and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Reprints: Gabriel Salum D'Alessandro, MD, PhD, Division of Breast and Plastic Surgery, Instituto Brasileiro de Controle do Cancer, Av. Alcântara Machado, 2576, Mooca, CEP 03102-002, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected].