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Table 4 Surgical and peri-operative care of mastectomy patients in Surgical Oncology Division, UCH Ibadan in 1999–2009

From: Mastectomy for management of breast cancer in Ibadan, Nigeria

Characteristic

No*

%

Type of mastectomy

  

   Modified radical mastectomy

342

96.7

   Quadrantectomy

7

2.1

   Not stated

5

1.2

Mode of anaesthesia

  

   General anaesthesia

293

82.7

   Local infiltration

11

3.0

   Not stated

50

14.1

Cadre of Surgeon

  

   Consultant

239

67.5

   Resident

115

32.5

Blood transfusion (n = 88)

  

   Intraoperative

53

14.9

   Postoperative

35

10.0

   Mean number of units

1.9

 

Types of drain

  

   Passive

315

88.7

   Suction

19

5.4

   Unknown

20

5.9

Postoperative complications (n = 51)

  

   Seroma

21

6.0

   Wound infection

16

4.4

   Flap necrosis

6

1.7

   Others

8

2.3

   Mean hospital stay (days)

12

 

Follow up at 18 months post mastectomy

 

37.9

  1. *n = 354 unless otherwise stated.