ArticleBreast cancer research and treatment2020
High-Efficiency Same-Day Approach to Breast Reconstruction During the COVID-19 Crisis.
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- National Patterns of Hospital Admission Versus Home Recovery Following Mastectomy for Breast Cancer.Annals of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- Acceptance of outpatient enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS©) protocols for implant-based breast reconstruction nudged on by the COVID-19 pandemic.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2024Article
- Optimizing Surgical Care Amidst COVID-19: A Scoping Review of Practices and Policies.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Inpatient versus Outpatient Immediate Alloplastic Breast Reconstruction: Recent Trends, Outcomes, and Safety.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Patient Experience and Clinical Outcomes after Same-day Outpatient Mastectomy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction Protocol during the Global Pandemic.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Same Day Discharge After Mastectomy and Immediate Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: A Retrospective Cohort Comparison Using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database.Annals of plastic surgery · 2023Article
- Immediate Prosthesis Breast Reconstruction: A Comparison Between Ambulatory Surgery Versus Traditional Hospitalization Based on the Propensity Score Matching Method.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2023Article
- Outcomes of the same-day discharge following mastectomy before, during and after COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of surgical oncology · 2023Article
- Breast Cancer Management in the Era of Covid-19; Key Issues, Contemporary Strategies, and Future Implications.Breast cancer (Dove Medical Press) · 2023Review
- The Best Under Stress: An Analysis of Breast Tissue Expander Response to External Forces.Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum · 2023Article
- The effect of COVID-19 on breast cancer care and treatment in North America: A scoping review.American journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Cost analysis of pre-pectoral implant-based breast reconstruction.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- One-Year Experience of Same-Day Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Protocol.Annals of surgical oncology · 2022Article
- Home Recovery After Mastectomy: Review of Literature and Strategies for Implementation American Society of Breast Surgeons Working Group.Annals of surgical oncology · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposeAs our hospitals conserve and re-allocate resources during the COVID-19 crisis, there is urgent need to determine how best to continue caring for breast cancer patients. During the time window before the COVID-19 critical peak and particularly thereafter, as hospitals are able to resume cancer operations, we anticipate that there will be great need to maximize efficiency to treat breast cancer. The goal of this study is to present a same-day protocol that minimizes resource utilization to enable hospitals to increase inpatient capacity, while providing care for breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction during the COVID-19 crisis.
methodsIRB exempt patient quality improvement initiative was conducted to detail the operationalization of a novel same-day breast reconstruction protocol. Consecutive patients having undergone immediate breast reconstruction were prospectively enrolled between February and March of 2020 at Massachusetts General Hospital during the COVID-19 crisis. Peri-operative results and postoperative complications were summarized.
resultsTime interval from surgical closure to patient discharge was 5.02 ± 1.29 h. All patients were discharged home, with no re-admissions or emergency department visits. No postoperative complications were observed.
conclusionThis report provides an instruction manual to operationalize a same-day breast reconstruction protocol, to meet demands of providing appropriate cancer treatment during times of unprecedented resource limitations. Pre-pectoral implant-based breast reconstruction can be the definitive procedure or be used as a bridge to autologous reconstruction. Importantly, we hope this work will be helpful to our patients and community as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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