Abstract: Reimbursement in Breast Reconstruction: To Carve Out or Cut Out, that is the Question

ReSultS: Twenty patients have been enrolled prior to this interim analysis. Ten women were randomized to each arm of the study. Average age was 56.1 years for patients in the control arm and 46.9 years for patients in the experimental arm. Average post-operative pain scores were 3.54 for patients in the control arm and 3.52 for patients in the experimental arm. Opioid consumption, in morphine equivalents, was 167.25 mg for patients in the control arm and 135.12 mg for patients in the experimental arm. Diazepam consumption was 17.22 mg for patients in the control arm and 5.5 mg for patients in the experimental arm. Average length of hospital stay was 43.86 hrs for patients enrolled in the control arm and 32.36 hrs for patients enrolled in the experimental arm. Average ondansetron requirements were 6.4 mg in the control arm and 6 mg in the experimental arm. There were three episodes of nausea and vomiting in the control arm and two episodes in the experimental arm.