Breast Reconstruction in a Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hub

Overview

Journal Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2020 Aug 18

PMID 32802693

Citations 8

Authors

Andrea Lisa

Andrea Battistini

Silvia Giannasi

Alessandra Veronesi

Valeria Bandi

Luca Maione

Valeriano Vinci

Corrado Tinterri

Marco Babbini

Marco Klinger

Affiliations

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Abstract

Methods: We adopted a new protocol to treat patients with breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main goals of our protocol were to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread for both patients and clinicians, postpone nononcologic and more advanced surgery, develop rapid recovery for early patient discharge (within 24 hours from surgery) through pain management, and finally reduce postoperative consultations.

Results: The protocol was applied to 51 patients between early March and early April 2020. After 1 month, we decided to retrospectively review our experience. We found no significant differences in terms of postoperative pain and complication rate compared with our data in the pre-COVID period.

Conclusion: Our new protocol is safe and effective, enabling tumor resection and immediate implant-based breast reconstruction, without increasing risks to the patient or staff.

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