title: Factors influencing incidence and type of postmastectomy breast reconstruction in an urban multidisciplinary cancer center.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  On January 1, 2011, New York State amended the Public Health Law to ensure that patients receive "information and access to breast reconstruction surgery." The purposes of this study were to investigate the early impact of this legislation on reconstruction rates and to evaluate the influence of patient variables versus physician variables on the incidence and type of breast reconstruction performed.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was conducted on all patients who underwent mastectomy between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2011. Reconstruction rates were analyzed in relation to timing of legislation, breast surgeon variables, plastic surgeon faculty status, type of reconstruction, and patient variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred fifty-eight patients met inclusion criteria. The overall reconstruction rate was 56.59 percent. There was no statistically significant increase in reconstruction rate after the 2011 legislation (OR, 0.45; p = 0.057). Patients whose breast surgeon was female were more likely to undergo reconstruction (OR, 5.17; p = 0.001). Patients who were Asian (OR, 0.22; p = 0.002), older than 60 years (OR, 0.09; p = 0.001), or had stage 3 and 4 cancer (OR, 0.04; p = 0.03) were less likely to undergo reconstruction. Patients reconstructed by a hospital-employed plastic surgeon were significantly more likely to undergo autologous versus implant reconstruction (OR, 6.85; p = 0.001) and to undergo microsurgical versus nonmicrosurgical autologous reconstruction (78.2 percent versus 0 percent; p = 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Breast surgeon sex and plastic surgeon faculty status were the factors that most affected the rate and type of reconstruction, respectively. Legislation mandating the discussion of breast reconstruction options had no impact on reconstruction rate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Risk, II.
authors: New York, N.Y. From the Department of Surgery, Divisions of General Surgery, Biostatistics, Plastic Surgery, and Breast Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center.
authors: Mazen E
authors: ME
authors: Iskandar
authors: Erez
authors: E
authors: Dayan
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Lucido
authors: William
authors: W
authors: Samson
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Sultan
authors: Joseph H
authors: JH
authors: Dayan
authors: Susan K
authors: SK
authors: Boolbol
authors: Mark L
authors: ML
authors: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011331:Private Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
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