Effects of COVID-19 on mastectomy and breast reconstruction rates: A national surgical sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted breast cancer treatment in 2020. Guidelines initially halted elective procedures, subsequently encouraging less invasive surgeries and restricting breast reconstruction options. We examined the effects of COVID-19 on oncologic breast surgery and reconstruction rates during the first year of the pandemic.

Methods

Using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, we performed an observational examination of female surgical breast cancer patients from 2017 to 2020. We analyzed annual rates of lumpectomy, mastectomy (unilateral/contralateral prophylactic/bilateral prophylactic), and breast reconstruction (alloplastic/autologous) and compared 2019 and 2020 reconstruction cohorts to evaluate the effect of COVID-19.

Res

SUBMITTER: Rubenstein RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9088456 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature