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SAS Journal of Surgery | Volume-3 | Issue-11
Profile of patients undergoing breast surgery for various breast pathology
Amit Kumar C Jain, Harshita Jain
Published: Nov. 30, 2017 | 127 93
DOI: 10.21276/sasjs.2017.3.11.2
Pages: 280-282
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Abstract
To study the profile of patients undergoes breast surgery due to various pathology and the type of surgeries commonly done on breast in a teaching hospital. A cross sectional retrospective analysis was done in Department of Surgery at Rajarajeswari medical college, Bangalore, India. The study duration was 2 years. A total of 96 patients were included in this study. Most were 95 females (98.96%) (14.6%) and right breast was most common side involved (60.4%). Majority of them had unilateral involvement. Fibroadenoma was the common lesion encountered. Excision was the most common surgical procedure performed in 57.29%. Benign breast diseases are the commonest breast lesions in patients undergoing surgery for breast problem and fibroadenoma represents the commonest pathology