en عمومى General مروری Review Article <div><span style="font-size: 13px;">BACKGROUND</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 13px;">Immediate Breast Reconstruction (IBR) is an additional surgical procedure that may increase postoperative complications (such as flap necrosis, infection, and hematoma) and delay the initial time for adjuvant chemotherapy in some patients. In this systematic and meta-analysis, we provide overall survival rates of patients who underwent mastectomy with and without IBR.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 13px;">METHODS</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 13px;">The following databases were systematically searched between 2015 to 2019 without language restrictions in PUBMED, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library. In addition, the relevant references in the list of all included articles were also checked. The search term included &ldquo;breast cancer&rdquo; and &ldquo;breast reconstruction&rdquo; &ldquo;mastectomy&rdquo;.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 13px;">RESULTS</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 13px;">The sample size was a range from 339 to 5644 patients. The median age was 46.3 years. The results showed no significant differences in terms of overall survival between two groups.</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 13px;">CONCLUSION</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 13px;">The results showed that IBR after mastectomy did not affect the overall survival</span></div> Breast, Reconstruction, Mastectomy, Cancer 3 9 http://wjps.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-509-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Amir Anbiyaiee anbiyaiee.a@ajums.ac.ir 10031947532846007633 10031947532846007633 Yes Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, Ahwaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz 61357-15794, Iran Mahrokh Abouali Galeh Dari dr.Mahrokh@gmail.com 10031947532846007634 10031947532846007634 No Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, School of Medicine, Ahwaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz 61357-15794, Iran Omid Anbiyaee amirgegr@gmail.com 10031947532846007635 10031947532846007635 No Department of dermatology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Abolghasem Anbiyaiee reza.anbia@gmail.com 10031947532846007636 10031947532846007636 No Radiology Department, Golestan Medical Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran