Body mass index impacts infection rates in immediate autogenous breast reconstruction

Purpose Risk of postoperative infection following breast cancer reconstruction warrants consideration of both classic and procedure-specific risk factors. We performed a retrospective chart review of patients with breast cancer over a 10-year period that underwent reconstructive surgery to identify...

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Published in:Breast cancer research and treatment 2019-06, Vol.175 (3), p.765-773
Main Authors: Willoughby, Lauren I., D’Abbondanza, Josephine A., Baltzer, Healther L., Mahoney, James L., Musgrave, Melinda A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Body mass index
Body weight
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cancer research
Epidemiology
Health aspects
Health risk assessment
Infection
Infections
Mammaplasty
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Oncology
Oncology, Experimental
Overweight
Postoperative infection
Radiation
Reconstructive surgery
Risk factors
Smoking
Surgery
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Summary:Purpose Risk of postoperative infection following breast cancer reconstruction warrants consideration of both classic and procedure-specific risk factors. We performed a retrospective chart review of patients with breast cancer over a 10-year period that underwent reconstructive surgery to identify factors that increase risk of postoperative infection. Methods Rates of postoperative infection were assessed in primary (immediate or delayed, alloplastic or autogenous) and secondary reconstructive procedures. Patient characteristics, surgical details, and cancer features were analyzed using two-sample t test and Fisher’s exact test for continuous and categorical data, respectively. Results 456 procedures were performed on 264 patients with 29 cases of postoperative infection (6%). Infection was more likely to occur in earlier reconstructive procedures ( p  
ISSN:0167-6806
1573-7217
DOI:10.1007/s10549-019-05215-x