“…While the CST has been suggested within other surgical subspecialties as a way of effectively reducing operative times and complications and potentially improving outcomes associated with lengthy or complex bilateral procedures, our study was the first to investigate the CST in breast surgery, specifically in cases of BM followed by immediate tissue-expander reconstruction (BMTR) [4–9]. While subsequent research has suggested this approach offers improved operative efficiency for breast reconstruction procedures, further investigation into the role of the CST in reconstruction-free mastectomies has yet to be published [10,11]. Here, we sought to examine the role of the CST in operations in which no immediate reconstruction was performed, to specifically determine if this approach can afford comparable improvements in operative durations without concurrently increasing complication rate, similar to the results observed in the BMTR cohort.…”