Open AccessMorbidity and Mortality Following Breast Cancer Surgery in Women
Author(s) -
Mahmoud ElTamer,
B. Marie Ward,
Tracy L. Schifftner,
Leigh Neumayer,
Shukri F. Khuri,
William Henderson
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000245833.48399.9a
Subject(s) - medicine , lumpectomy , mastectomy , breast cancer , surgery , prospective cohort study , complication , cardiac surgery , cancer
Most reports on postoperative (OP) morbidity and mortality following breast cancer surgery (BCS) are limited by relatively small sample size resulting in a lack of national benchmarks for quality of care. This paper reports the 30-day morbidity and mortality following BCS in women using a large prospective multi-institutional database.