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Revista Médica Electrónica
versión On-line ISSN 1684-1824
Resumen
GARCIA-VALDES, Nirza et al. Prevalence of complications in patients mastectomized by breast cancer. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2023, vol.45, n.2, pp. 250-261. Epub 30-Abr-2023. ISSN 1684-1824.
Introduction:
today’s woman demands the most effective, secure and esthetic surgery possible.
Objective:
to determine the prevalence of post-surgery complications in patients mastectomized by breast cancer
Materials and methods:
a quantitative, observational and descriptive study was carried out in a universe of 137 patients who underwent a mastectomy by histologically proven breast cancer, in 2019, in the General Provincial Hospital Carlos Manuel de Cespedes and in the Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital Celia Sanchez Manduley, of Granma. The variables age, extension of mastectomy, laterality, appearance of complications; type of complication, tumoral stage and histologic diagnosis were evaluated.
Results:
the mean age of mastectomized patients was 56.53 years, and modified radical mastectomy was the most performed procedure (76 mammae). The incidence of complications was 52.17% (1.24% intra-operatory), being lymphedema (29.63%) the most prevalent complication. In relation to the histologic type, unspecified infiltrating ductal carcinoma (77.54%) was the most frequent one, and tumoral stages IIIB (22.46%) and IV (22.46%) were the most prevalent. The incidence of complications increased as the tumor stage increased.
Conclusions:
the incidence of postsurgical complications in mastectomy was high, in relation with the tumor stage.
Palabras clave : breast cancer; post-surgical complications; mastectomy.