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SteadyPlastic surgery · updated 18 Oct 2026

Prepectoral breast reconstruction

Implant placement in front of the pectoral muscle.

31PubDaily Trend Score
+19%new papers vs last year
4new trials registered
0new guidelines this year

Papers per year

Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 5, 6, 7, 6, 4.

All papers from the last 12 months

198 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…

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  1. Expanded prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction: Long-term outcomes of the ray method
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg2026 NovPMID 42772164
  2. Practice patterns in prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction: A survey of UK plastic surgeons
    JPRAS Open2026 NovPMID 42724563
  3. Breast Implant Flipping: Prevalence, Clinical Correlation, and Independent Risk Factors in a Consecutive Ultrasound Cohort
    Aesthet Surg J2026 Oct 16PMID 42886861
  4. Association of Neoadjuvant Versus Adjuvant Chemotherapy on Pre-Pectoral Tissue Expander Based Reconstruction Outcomes Following Mastectomy
    Plast Reconstr Surg2026 Oct 14PMID 42873130
  5. Support or Simplicity: Evaluating Mesh Use in Two-Stage Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction
    Plast Reconstr Surg2026 Oct 14PMID 42872925
  6. Response to Letter to the Editor Regarding "Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction with Polyurethane-Coated Implants: A 117-Patient Single-Center Study with Objective Cosmetic Evaluation"
    Aesthetic Plast Surg2026 Oct 6PMID 42838989
  7. Breast cancer metastasis mimicking pacemaker pocket infection: a diagnostic pitfall and long-term preservation of the cardiac implantable electronic device-a case report
    Eur Heart J Case Rep2026 OctPMID 42857308
  8. Comparison of DermACELL™ and Braxon® in prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction: Complication rates and clinical implications
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg2026 OctPMID 42612275
  9. Awake endoscopic mastectomy in one-day-surgery: Preliminary results
    Surg Oncol2026 OctPMID 42600460
  10. Autologous dermal flap techniques beyond inferior dermal flap coverage in implant-based breast reconstruction: A systematic review
    Eur J Surg Oncol2026 OctPMID 42594494Systematic review

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Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.