Predictors of complications after breast reconstruction surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohamed Amir Mrad, Abdullah A Al Qurashi , Qutaiba N M Shah Mardan et al.
Predictors of complications after breast reconstruction surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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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.

Results

 Our pooled analysis demonstrated a significant correlation with BR postoperative complications and risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. Diabetes and the development of seroma were found to have a significant relationship. Risk variables such as age, radiotherapy, COPD, and smoking had no significant connection with 0-to-30-day readmission and 30-to-90-day readmission.

Conclusion

 This meta-analysis shows that risk factors like age, smoking history, high blood pressure, and body mass index (BMI) have a big effect on complications after BR, and patients with risk factors have a high rate of developing infection.

Read full study here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36583164/

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