Is immediate reconstruction after mastectomy in breast cancer patients beneficial to shoulder function?

Nationwide Trends in Mastectomy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer

(2015) Kristy L. Kummerow et al.   JAMA Surgery

Predictors of functional shoulder recovery at 1 and 12 months after breast cancer surgery

(2012) Ellen W. Levy et al.   BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT

Impact of immediate breast reconstruction on breast cancer recurrence and survival

(2011) Thomas Nedumpara et al.   BREAST

Quality of life after immediate breast reconstruction and skin-sparing mastectomy – A comparison with patients undergoing breast conserving surgery

(2011) H.M. Heneghan et al.   EJSO

Shoulder impairments and their association with symptomatic rotator cuff disease in breast cancer survivors

(2011) David Ebaugh et al.   MEDICAL HYPOTHESES

Comparison of quality of life, satisfaction with surgery and shoulder-arm morbidity in breast cancer survivors submitted to breast-conserving therapy or mastectomy followed by immediate breast reconstruction

(2010) Renata Freitas-Silva et al.   Clinics

Effects of Mastectomy on Shoulder and Spinal Kinematics During Bilateral Upper-Limb Movement

(2010) J. Crosbie et al.   PHYSICAL THERAPY

The Association of Scapular Kinematics and Glenohumeral Joint Pathologies

(2009) Paula M. Ludewig et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC & SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPY

Longitudinal change of treatment-related upper limb dysfunction and its impact on late dysfunction in breast cancer survivors: A prospective cohort study

(2009) Eun Joo Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY