background: postoperative breast abnormalities after breast conserving surgery or modified radical mastectomy are frequently overlooked and inaccurately assessed or reported using multidetector computed tomography (mdct). these inaccurate results may have legal ramifications for the clinicians, cause patients avoidable anxiety, and lead to additional unnecessary diagnostic follow-up testing and...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors that influence Saskatchewan women's choice between breast conserving therapy (BCT) and mastectomy in early-stage breast cancer (ESBC) and to compare and contrast underlying reasons behind choice of BCT versus mastectomy. METHODS Interpretive description methods guided this practice-based qualitative study. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis and presented ...

Objectives: Breast conserving surgery (BCS) for early breast cancer is now an accepted treatment, but there are controversies about its comparability with mastectomy. Thus, we investigated the survival outcomes who underwent BCS and modified radical mastectomy (MRM). Methods: In this retrospective review, we analyzed the survival outcomes of 618 patients with early breast cancer who underwent t...

HYPOTHESIS The use of the electrothermal bipolar vessel sealing system is feasible, safe, and effective in modified radical mastectomy with axillary dissection in terms of lymph vessel sealing, hemostasis, and perioperative complications. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING University surgical department. PATIENTS Between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2003, 60 patients with locally adva...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to compare the prevalence of shoulder-arm morbidity, patient satisfaction with surgery and the quality of life of women submitted to breast-conserving therapy or modified radical mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction . METHODS This study was a cross-sectional study of women who underwent breast-conserving therapy (n = 44) or modified radical mastect...

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BACKGROUND This study investigated the effects of indexes of consciousness (IoC1 and IoC2) monitoring on remifentanil dosage. METHODS In this randomized, single-blinded, prospective study, 120 patients undergoing unilateral modified radical mastectomy were randomly assigned to the treatment group (T group, n = 60) or control group (C group, n = 60). In the T group, patients received both IoC1...

BACKGROUND Modified radical mastectomy remains the standard therapeutic surgical operation for breast cancer in most parts of the world. This retrospective study reviews mastectomy for management of breast cancer in a surgical oncology division over a ten year period. METHODS We reviewed the case records of consecutive breast cancer patients who underwent mastectomy at the Surgical Oncology D...