Clinical and Healthcare Resource Use Outcomes between Dual-plane and Prepectoral Techniques in Implant-based Breast Reconstruction: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT: This multicenter, retrospective study compared clinical outcomes and healthcare resource use in patients who underwent dual-plane (DP) or prepectoral (PP) implant-based breast reconstruction (IBR) after mastectomy in the United States.

Methods

Medical records were selected for patients at five sites undergoing immediate one-stage direct-to-implant (first hospitalization) or two-stage IBR (first and second hospitalization) using either DP or PP. Inverse probability of treatment weighting was used to adjust for potential confounders. Complications and healthcare resource use were assessed with logistic regression; pain severity was assessed with ordinary least-squares regression.

Results

After inverse probability of treatment weighting, data from 255 patients (DP = 130, PP = 12

SUBMITTER: Bruno JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10013619 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature