Complications After Mastectomy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction for Breast Cancer: A Claims-Based Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate complications after postmastectomy breast reconstruction, particularly in the setting of adjuvant radiotherapy.

Background

Most studies of complications after breast reconstruction have been conducted at centers of excellence; relatively little is known about complication rates in irradiated patients treated in the broader community. This information is relevant for decision making in patients with breast cancer.

Methods

Using the claims-based MarketScan database, we described complications in 14,894 women undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer from 1998 to 2007 and who underwent immediate autologous reconstruction (n = 2637), immediate implant-based reconstruction (n = 3007), or no reconstruction within the first 2 postoperative years (n = 9250

SUBMITTER: Jagsi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4824182 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature