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CANTERO RONQUILLO, Alexis; MEDEROS CURBELO, Orestes N; ROMERO DIAZ, Carlos A  e  BARRERA ORTEGA, Juan C. Ambulatory breast cancer surgery with short hospitalization period. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2007, vol.46, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2945.

Ambulatory major surgery with short hospitalization period is an efficient and safe method if a proper selection of patients is made and refined surgical techniques are used, all supported on adequate infrastructure to this end. Traditionally, breast cancer has required admission at hospital due to postsurgical hemorrhage risk, need for surgical drainage control, etc. This has changed worlwide after the introduction of new surgical techniques as sentinel node biopsy, standardization of preserving techniques for breast tissue and specialization of surgeon teams in breast illnesses. The creation of a mastology group in our center allowed tackling this modality and we already have 31 operated patients in the period from January 2004 to June 2006. Several surgical techniques were used with short hospitalization periods, after setting the selection criteria. We may conclude that ambulatory breast cancer treatment in selected cases is feasible since it assures the safety of patient, the quality of medical assistance and continuos care, thus facilitating the psychological recovery of the female patient and her early reincorporation into the family

Palavras-chave : cancer; breast; ambulatory surgery; early discharge; short hospitalization period.

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