Staged operation in the surgical treatment of granulomatous lobular mastitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Granulomatous lobular mastitis (GLM) is a chronic inflammatory breast condition characterized by an unclear etiology and an undefined therapeutic approach. Surgical intervention is considered an alternative modality for managing GLM. Staged operation is the predominant and characteristic surgical approach in the treatment of GLM in our center; therefore, we evaluated the efficacy of staged operative techniques in this cohort study.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed 212 patients with GLM who underwent staged operation between August 2020 and July 2022 in the inpatient department of our institute. Their clinical history information, clinic complaints, treatment details, surgical outcomes, follow-up results, and scores on the satisfaction questionnaire were analyze

SUBMITTER: Xie L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10915423 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature