PMID- 34399974 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20240220 IS - 2173-5077 (Electronic) IS - 2173-5077 (Linking) DP - 2021 Aug 13 TI - Rate of effect of surgical margins after breast conserving surgery and estimation of direct costs. LID - S0009-739X(21)00244-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ciresp.2021.07.003 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Assessment of the reoperation rate in patients with positive resection margins after initial breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer and estimation of the cost to the hospital. METHOD: 146 patients with diagnosis of invasive breast cancer were included, who were initially intervened with conservative surgery by the Gynecology and Obstetrics Service of Hospital Universitario de Tarragona Juan XXIII (HUTJ23) during the years 2018 and 2019. We calculated the rate of involvement of the surgical margins of the resection piece after initial conservative surgery, establishing in which cases it was necessary to carry out a second resection, estimating the added direct costs of the second surgical procedure, and comparing them with the costs established by the Catalan Health Service according to the level of the hospital and the Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRG) established by the National Health System. RESULTS: The rate of positive margins after initial conservative surgery was 20.55% and 19.17% patients underwent reoperation, generating a total expense of euro 129.696,89, euro 82.654,34 in conservative surgeries (euro 3.757,01 on average per patient) and euro 47.042,55 in mastectomies (euro 6.720,36 on average per patient). CONCLUSIONS: Margin involvement after breast-conserving surgery is synonymous for reoperation, this involves a series of direct costs. It is advisable to control the factors related to affected margins to minimize their impact. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 AEC. Publicado por Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. All rights reserved. FAU - De la Flor, Miriam AU - De la Flor M AD - Unidad de Patologia Mamaria, Servicio de Ginecologia y Obstetricia, H.U. Tarragona Joan XXIII, URV, Tarragona, Espana. Electronic address: miriamjose.delaflor@urv.cat. FAU - Delgado, Cinthia AU - Delgado C AD - Departamento de Medicina y Cirugia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Espana. FAU - Martinez, Salome AU - Martinez S AD - Unidad de Patologia Mamaria, Servicio de Anatomia Patologica, H.U. Tarragona Joan XXIII, URV, Tarragona, Espana. FAU - Arenas, Meritxell AU - Arenas M AD - Unidad de Patologia Mamaria, Servicio de Oncologia Radioterapica, H.U. Sant Joan Reus, URV, Tarragona, Espana. FAU - Gomez, Maria AU - Gomez M AD - Unidad de Patologia Mamaria, Servicio de Oncologia Radioterapica, H.U. Sant Joan Reus, URV, Tarragona, Espana. FAU - Reig, Rosaura AU - Reig R AD - Direccion Medica, H.U. Tarragona Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Espana. LA - eng LA - spa PT - Journal Article TT - Tasa de afectacion de los margenes quirurgicos tras la cirugia conservadora de mama y estimacion de los costes directos. DEP - 20210813 PL - Spain TA - Cir Esp (Engl Ed) JT - Cirugia espanola JID - 101771152 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Breast Cancer OT - Coste por reintervencion OT - Cancer de mama OT - Mastectomia OT - Mastectomy OT - Margenes positivos OT - Positive margins OT - Reexcision OT - Reintervencion quirurgica OT - Reoperation cost EDAT- 2021/08/18 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/18 06:00 CRDT- 2021/08/17 05:53 PHST- 2021/06/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/07/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/07/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/17 05:53 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/18 06:00 [medline] AID - S0009-739X(21)00244-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ciresp.2021.07.003 [doi] PST - aheadofprint SO - Cir Esp (Engl Ed). 2021 Aug 13:S0009-739X(21)00244-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2021.07.003.