Individualized Risk Prediction Tool for Serious Wound Complications After Mastectomy With and Without Immediate Reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A greater proportion of patients with surgical risk factors are undergoing immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy, resulting in the need for better risk prediction to inform decisions about the procedure. The objective of this study was to leverage clinical data to restructure a previously developed risk model to predict serious infectious and noninfectious wound complications after mastectomy alone and mastectomy plus immediate reconstruction for use during a surgical consultation.

Methods

The study established a cohort of women age 21 years or older treated with mastectomy from 1 July 2010 to 31 December 2015 using electronic health records from two hospitals. Serious infectious and non-infectious wound complications, defined as surgical-site infection

SUBMITTER: Nickel KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9937777 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature