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Guidelines for Complications of Cancer Treatment Vol VIII Part B

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4. Preoperative core needle biopsy as an independentrisk factor <strong>for</strong> wound infection after breast surgery.Witt A, Yavuz D, Walchetseder C. et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2003Apr;101(4):745-50.OBJECTIVE: Diverging findings concerning the rate <strong>of</strong>postoperative wound infections in patients undergoing breastsurgery have been reported, and little is known regarding thepossible risk factors <strong>for</strong> these infections and their relativeimportance. We assessed risk factors <strong>for</strong> wound infection,placing particular emphasis on the influence <strong>of</strong> preoperativeprocedures such as core needle biopsy. METHODS: In aprospective evaluation <strong>of</strong> 326 patients undergoing breastsurgery, we identified risk factors <strong>for</strong> wound infections byunivariate analysis and subsequent step-wise multiple logisticregression. Assessment <strong>of</strong> wound infection was based on asimple wound scoring system. RESULTS: Of the 326 patients,50 (15.3%) developed wound infections. As expected, afterunivariate analysis a higher proportion <strong>of</strong> post surgicalinfections was observed in patients with diabetes (33.3% versus14.3%; odds ratio [OR] = 3.00, 95% confidence interval [CI]1.109, 8.157; P =.03) and malignant tumors (21.2% versus6.8%; OR = 3.716, 95% CI 1.762, 7.849; P

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