Mastectomy
New mastectomy study findings have been published by scientists at University of Utah
Published in State and Local Health Law Weekly, September 24th, 2009
According to recent research published in the American Journal of Surgery, "Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy has increased in frequency during the past decade, but the socioeconomic and patient factors have yet to be fully identified. Data were analyzed from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 1999 to 2003 using International Classification of Disease-9 codes to identify patients undergoing immediate breast reconstruction."
"Regression analyses were used to examine predictive variables for immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy. Between 1999 and 2003, 469,832 patients underwent mastectomy. Immediate breast reconstruction occurred in...
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