Beyond the Margins-Economic Costs and Complications Associated With Repeated Breast-Conserving Surgeries

Leanne N Metcalfe; Adam M Zysk; Kiran S Yemul; Lisa K Jacobs; Elif E Oker; Howard R Underwood; Alastair M Thompson

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2661

Beyond the Margins-Economic Costs and Complications Associated With Repeated Breast-Conserving Surgeries

JAMA Surg. 2017 Nov 1;152(11):1084-1086. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.2661.

Authors

Leanne N Metcalfe¹, Adam M Zysk², Kiran S Yemul², Lisa K Jacobs³, Elif E Oker¹, Howard R Underwood¹, Alastair M Thompson⁴

Affiliations

¹ Health Care Services Corporation, Chicago, Illinois.
² Diagnostic Photonics, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
³ Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Abstract

This study uses insurance claims data for patients who have undergone breast-conserving surgery to examine clinical complications and economic outcomes associated with repeated surgery.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
Female
Humans
Insurance Claim Reporting / statistics & numerical data
Mastectomy, Segmental / economics
Mastectomy, Segmental / statistics & numerical data*
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications* / economics
Reoperation / economics
Reoperation / statistics & numerical data*
Retrospective Studies