Care After Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma—Reply

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lands involve the use of implants. However, as no breast reconstruction data were gathered for the control group, we cannot indirectly estimate the patients' BMI based on the type of breast reconstruction in this cohort. Lastly, the authors suggest that patients with lower BMI would also more readily retain a breast deformity after lumpectomy, making them more likely to undergo AFT. While it is an interesting hypothesis, the effect of BMI on the prognosis could still be influenced by other factors, such as ER status. However, we have already initiated a follow-up study to investigate the influence of additional variables on the prognosis and would be happy to follow the advice of Quinn et al and include BMI among the plausible confounders.