Frequency of early postoperative complications of breast cancer following modified radical mastectomy | ||
| Thi-Qar Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 1, December 2016, Pages 135-141 | ||
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| Abstract | ||
| Background: Breast cancer is a common cancer in female and many surgical options are undergone for its treatment. Modified radical mastectomy with axillary clearance is one of the common options with certain early and late postoperative complications. We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the pattern of early postoperative complications of established breast cancer women. Patients and methods: A total of one hundred and fifty patients were seen in AL-Fayhaa General Hospital between the period of November 2008 and June 2014, entered the study and those were analyzed in terms of general patient data in respect to age as well as analysis of early postoperative complications regarding seroma, lymphedema, wound infection, parasthesia, hematoma, hemorrhage, flap necrosis and muscle paralysis. Results: Age factor was analyzed in a study cases which showed a highest case frequency in the age group of 36 -40 years old as compared to a lowest figure in the group of less than 25 years old. Early postoperative complications were seroma, lymphedema, wound infection, parasthesia, hematoma, hemorrhage, flap necrosis and muscle paralysis with their frequencies of 56, 37, 17, 18, 2, 0 , 8, 3 and 3 of total number respectively. Conclusion: Early postoperative detection of breast cancer related surgical complications is essential through appropriate postoperative care. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Key Words; Mastectomy; early complications | ||
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