Retrospective Analysis of the Epidemiological Profile of Patients Submitted to Breast Reconstruction at a Public Hospital in the Northeast

Barao of Lucena Hospital, Service of Breast Reconstruction, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

*Corresponding Author: Dr. Darley de Lima Ferreira Filho, Barao of Lucena Hospital, Service of Breast Reconstruction, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, Tel: 81999764602, Email: [email protected].

Received Date: January 23, 2024

Published Date: February 20, 2024

Citation: Filho DDLF, et al. (2024). Retrospective Analysis of the Epidemiological Profile of Patients Submitted to Breast Reconstruction at a Public Hospital in the Northeast. Mathews J Case Rep. 9(1):151.

Copyrights: Filho DDLF, et al. © (2024).

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Breast reconstruction is a right assured by the public health system to patients submitted to mastectomy. However, there are factors that delay the performance of this procedure. Objectives: To understand the epidemiological profile of women with breast cancer who underwent breast reconstruction in a reference hospital in the state of Pernambuco. Methods: This is an observational, retrospective research with an analytical character and descriptive approach. The data were collected through a questionnaire sociodemographic and clinical-surgical history of patients with breast carcinoma, and then analyzed by SPSS software, version 18 with the percentages of the categories evaluated by the Chi - square test, considering the significance level of 5%. The comparison of analyses was significant (p < 0.005), showing that the profile described is the most frequent in the group of patients evaluated. This search was submitted and approved by the Ethics and Research Committee on Human Beings of Fundação Amaury de Medeiros, CAAE: 42457420.1.0000.5193, Results: A non-probabilistic sample of 400 records was obtained in ten years at a tertiary hospital in Recife (PE), most of them with mean age between 46 and 59 years (45.3%), brown (61.1%), married (79.1%), with education until high school (60.7%), household professionals (45%), non-smokers (84.9%), who do not consume alcohol (94.9%) and had immediate reconstruction after mastectomy (70.3%). Conclusion: The findings support that patients with high educational levels are likely to undergo immediate breast reconstruction. Pointing out that the socioeconomic level significantly influences the rates of breast reconstruction after mastectomy.

Keywords: Breast Cancer Treatment, Epidemiology, Mastectomy, Breast Cancer, Breast Reconstruction.