Table 4.
Subgroup comparison of postoperative complications in staged versus coordinated procedures stratified by mastectomy vs. lumpectomy
| Postoperative complication |
Lumpectomy/Post-lumpectomy Reconstruction and BSO |
Mastectomy/Post-mastectomy
Reconstruction and BSO |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coordinated (N=85) n (%) |
Staged (N=1328) n (%) |
P-value | Coordinated (N=327) n (%) |
Staged (N=2487) n (%) |
P-value | |
| Surgical Site Infection | 3 (3.5%) | 51 (3.8%) | 1.0 | 42 (12.8%) | 198 (8.0%) | <0.01 |
| Seroma | 6 (7.1%) | 61 (4.6%) | 0.29 | 27 (8.3%) | 150 (6.0%) | 0.14 |
| Implant Removal | *** | *** | *** | 12 (3.7%) | 60 (2.4%) | 0.19 |
| Hematoma | 1 (1.2%) | 17 (1.2%) | 1.0 | 15 (4.6%) | 74 (3.0%) | 0.13 |
| Blood transfusion | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1.0 | 0 (0%) | 1 (<0.1%) | 1.0 |
| Wound dehiscence | 2 (2.4%) | 30 (2.3%) | 1.0 | 18 (5.5%) | 196 (7.9%) | 0.15 |
| Ileus | 2 (2.4%) | 16 (1.2%) | 0.30 | 3 (0.9%) | 20 (0.8%) | 0.74 |
| Cardiac | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.1%) | 1.0 | 1 (0.3%) | 5 (0.2%) | 0.52 |
| Respiratory | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1.0 | 1 (0.3%) | 4 (0.2%) | 0.46 |
| DVT/PE | 0 (0%) | 10 (0.8%) | 1.0 | 10 (3.1%) | 29 (1.2%) | 0.01 |
| Any complication | 11 (12.9%) | 155 (11.7%) | 0.73 | 88 (26.9%) | 519 (20.9%) | 0.01 |