Objective
To analyze the complications of Mammotome operation and try to find out prevention and treatment methods.
Methods
From June 2009 to May 2011,a total of 332 patients received Mammotome operations in our hospital. Among them 16 patients had complications, accounting for 4.8%. The causes and treatment of the complications were analyzed .
Results
The main manifestation of the complications in the 16 cases was intrao- and post-operative hemorrhage. The intraoperative hemorrrhage volume was 50 ml in 1 case and 30 ml in 3 cases. Intraoperative skin damage was in 1 case. The intra- and post-operative hemorrhage volume was about 150 ml in 1 case. Bilateral postoperative hematoma was in 2 cases, unilateral hematoma in 3 cases, and accessory breast hematoma in 1 case, with hemorrhage volume 5-20 ml. Skin ecchymosis was in 4 cases.Among the first 100 cases with Mammotome operation, 7 cases had hemorrhage and 1 case had skin damage. With accumulation of experience, only 8 cases had complications among the 232 cases afterwards. For intraoperative hemorrhage, pressing for hemostasis was used to make the operation successfully completed. For postoperative hemorrhage, the management included repeated aspiration and pressure dressing in 4 cases, and cutting open of hematoma to clean the blood in 1 case; hematoma <2 cm, dispersed ecchymosi and skin cyanosis did not need any management, for they could be absorbed themselves one month after operation.The follow-up was 1 month to 1 year, showing that all the 16 cases healed well, and no breast deformity or tumor residual occured.
Conclusions
Intra- and post-operative bleeding are the main complications. The main reasons were lack of experience, inadequate preoperative preparation, ineffective post-operative compression, and removal of multiple lesions of both sides at one time. Sufficient perioperative preparation, good cooperation of surgeons with doctors from ultrasound departments, effective post-operative compression,reasonably fractionated removal of multiple lesions, postopertaive immobilization, usage of hemostatic drug, and fractionated aspiration of hemorrhage are effective prevention and treatment ways of Mammotome complications.