Predictors of Complications after Breast Reconstruction Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Breast reconstruction (BR) is a unique surgical procedure that provides patients undergoing mastectomy with significant psychosocial and aesthetic benefits and has also become a crucial part of the treatment pathway for women with breast cancer. Due to methodological inadequacies and the absence of substantial risk factor analysis, no conclusion can be drawn about the correlation between risk variables and post-surgical complications in BR surgery. We aim to identify the potential risk factors associated with postoperative complications.

Methods

We queried MEDLINE and Cochrane CENTRAL from their inception to March 2022, for published randomized controlled trials and observational studies that assessed complications post-reconstruction procedure in breast cancer patients following ma

SUBMITTER: Mrad MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9750533 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature