Determinación del número de ganglios obtenidos en mastectomía radical modificada en pacientes operados de cáncer de mama SOLCA-Loja en el periodo 2013-2015

Abstract

Abstract: Axillary lymphadenectomy is an important and routine component in the treatment and staging of breast cancer, and is performed in conjunction with modified radical mastectomy; If lymph node emptying is optimal -defined as the resection of more than 10 axillary nodes -there is better therapeutic control with low rates of axillary recurrences. In the present study, the number of axillary lymph nodes that were resected in all patients with breast cancer who underwent modified radical mastectomy that appear in the SOLCA-Núcleo de Loja database, during the period 2013-2015, was assessed. Data from digital medical records of 67 patients were obtained and it was determined that 82.09% of the sample underwent an optimal axillary lymphadenectomy, the mean of axillary lymph nodes obtained was 16.04 and only 17.91% Fewer than 10 axillary lymph nodes were removed. It was concluded that the surgical technique is adequate in a considerable number of the sample.