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Incidence of complications in breast reconstruction with autologous tissue in a third level hospital

Background The objective of this study is to analyze the incidence of complications after breast reconstruction with pedicled or free flaps at the hospital general de Mexico "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga”.

Methods A retrospective, single-center study, including 44 female patients, who underwent immediate or delayed breast reconstruction after breast cancer, between 2019 and 2020, and had at least a 2-year follow up, evaluating the association between patient risk factors (age, history of radiotherapy, presence of overweight or obesity and immediate or delayed reconstruction) with the presence of complications such as seroma, hematoma, wound infection or wound dehiscence. We analyzed data with SPSS software, v23.0.

Results There was no statistically significant difference for the presence of complications associated with risk factors studied.

Conclusions We need more prospective, multicenter studies, including larger sample and strict follow up of patients.