Table 2 Details of surgical procedure and used instruments. Values are n (%) unless otherwise indicated. (SLNB = sentinel lymph node biopsy, ALND = axillary lymph node dissection, BCS = breast conserving surgery, IQR = interquartile range)
From: Ultrasonic instruments and concurrent antithrombotic medication in mastectomy: safe and effective
Number of Mastectomies | 315 |
Axillary procedure | |
ALND | 131 (42%) |
SLNB | 156 (50%) |
None | 28 (8.9%) |
Ablation as re-operation for BCS | 11 (3.5%) |
Bilateral mastectomy | 16 (5.1%) |
Operation time in minutes (median, IQR) | 95 (80–118) |
Intraoperative bleeding, ml (median, IQR) | 50 (20–100) |
Patients with bleeding > 200 ml | 26 (8.7%) |
Patients with bleeding > 500 ml | 2 (0.7%) |
Patients operated using same-day surgery protocol | 33 (11%) |
Patients hospitalized after surgery | 266 (89%) |
Surgeon’s experience (defined as number of previous mastectomies performed) | |
More than 50 mastectomies | 268 (85%) |
20–50 mastectomies | 31 (10%) |
Less than 20 mastectomies | 16 (5.1%) |
Utilized surgical instrument | |
Thunderbeat® | 60 (19%) |
Sonosurg® | 214 (68%) |
Harmonic Focus® | 41 (13%) |