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-  2018 

Overweight is Associated With Increased Incidence of Minor Complications After Reduction Mammoplasty: A Retrospective Analysis of 453 Consecutive Cases

DOI: 10.1177/1457496917748225

Keywords: reduction mammoplasty,body mass index,minor,major,complication

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Reduction mammoplasty alleviates macromastia symptoms and improves quality of life. We investigated a large series of consecutive reduction mammoplasties to assess various risk factors for both minor and major complications after the procedure. A retrospective analysis of 453 consecutive reduction mammoplasties was performed between 2007 and 2010 at an academic tertiary referral center to evaluate risk factors and complications. The incidence of minor and major complications was 40.5% and 8.8%, respectively. Patients with minor complications had both a significantly higher mean body mass index (30.2 vs 28.0) and sternal notch to nipple distance (33.9 vs 32.4?cm) than patients who recovered without complications (p?<?0.001 for both comparisons), as well as more visits to the outpatient clinic (p?<?0.001). In the multivariate analysis, body mass index was found to be the only significant risk factor for minor complications (p?<?0.001). Furthermore, patients with body mass index higher than 27 had a 2.6-fold greater risk of minor complications (p?<?0.001). An increase of one unit in body mass index increased the probability of minor complications by 14.1% (p?<?0.001). 22 (4.9%) patients developed a hematoma requiring evacuation in the operating room. The mean body mass index of patients who developed a hematoma was 26.4, a value lower than that of patients without this complication (mean 29.0; p?=?0.003). This finding was significant also in the multivariate analysis (p?=?0.002). A higher body mass index was strongly associated with an increased risk of minor complications after reduction mammoplasty. It is important to inform obese patients about the increased risk of complications and to encourage them to lose weight before surgery

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