An innovative approach to surgical treatment for early-stage breast cancer

Organ-preserving surgeries for breast cancer remain the main treatment method for early-stage breast cancer. Despite the reduction in the volume of removed tissue compared to mastectomy, such complications as hematomas, seromas, abscesses, and skin flap necrosis may occur in the postoperative pe-riod. Thus, the healing of the postoperative wound may be complicated. The objective of the study is to improve surgical treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Materials and Methods. The authors analyzed the data on 210 women with stages 0–1B breast cancer. The patients were divided into the main and control groups. The main group underwent surgical treatment according to the newly developed method, while in the control group standard clinical guidelines were used. Results. Analysis of surgical outcomes showed that an inflammatory surgical site infiltration was observed in 1.9 % of patients from the main group, and seroma developed in another 1.9 %. At the same time, after classi-cal surgical treatment the incidence of complications in the early postoperative period reached 27.6 %. Conclusions: The newly developed method for mammary gland resec-tion with lymph node dissection demonstrated a decrease in early postopera-tive complications.