Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Χειρουργική ΝοσηλευτικήLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Tsakeridou Dimitra-Aikaterini
Supervisors info:
Ελένη Θεοδοσοπούλου, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Ευάγγελος Κωνσταντίνου, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Θεόδωρος Μαριόλης - Σαψάκος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η επίδραση της μετεγχειρητικής λοίμωξης στην επανεμφάνιση και την επιβίωση ασθενών με καρκίνο του μαστού: συστηματική ανασκόπηση
Translated title:
The effect of postoperative infection on recurrence and survival of patients with breast cancer: a systematic review
Summary:
INTRODUCTION: Surgical wound infection is the most common postoperative complication
experienced by breast cancer patients who have undergone a related operation. The presence
of infection of the surgical field can affect the course of the disease for these patients,
increasing the risk of recurrence of the disease and the risk of death.
PURPOSE: This systematic review was conducted in order to gather data on the impact of
postoperative infection on recurrence and survival in patients with breast cancer. Specifically,
the effect of postoperative infection in patients who underwent breast cancer resection, as
well as the correlation of postoperative infection with patient survival and/or mortality.
METHODS: A systematic review was carried out in the scientific databases: Pubmed, Cochrane
Library and Embrase with related terms as keywords.
RESULTS: A total of 16 articles were included that studied the effect of the presence of
postoperative infection of the surgical field on disease recurrence and survival in patients with
breast cancer.
CONCLUSIONS: The scientific community is converging on a statistically significant correlation
of postoperative infection of the surgical field in breast cancer patients with disease
recurrence and survival. Studies that did not demonstrate a statistically significant association
usually examined a shorter sample of patients. Furthermore, the researches that exclusively analyze the above correlation are particularly limited, since most of them do not carry out an
extensive analysis regarding the infection of the surgical field, but refer to other types of
complications as well. For this reason, further studies and clinical trials are needed that will
focus exclusively on the correlation of postoperative infection of the surgical field with the
recurrence and survival of breast cancer patients.
KEYWORDS: breast cancer recurrence, breast cancer survival, breast cancer prognosis, breast
cancer postoperative infection, breast cancer postoperative infection factors, breast cancer
postoperative cellulitis, breast cancer postoperative complications, breast cancer
postoperative infection recurrence, breast cancer postoperative infection survival, breast
cancer postoperative infection prognosis, breast cancer postoperative complications
recurrence, breast cancer postoperative complications survival, breast cancer postoperative
complications prognosis, breast cancer postoperative site infection.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Breast cancer recurrence, Breast cancer survival, Breast cancer prognosis, Breast cancer postoperative infection, Breast cancer postoperative infection factors, Breast cancer postoperative cellulitis, Breast cancer postoperative complications, Breast cancer postoperative infection recurrence, Breast cancer postoperative infection survival, Breast cancer postoperative infection prognosis, Breast cancer postoperative complications recurrence, Breast cancer postoperative complications survival, Breast cancer postoperative complications prognosis, Breast cancer postoperative site infection
