Abstract:
Objective
To investigate the efficacy of the breast ductal exploration in treatment of galactostasis.
Methods
A total of 280 patients who were diagnosed with breast galactostasis and whose physical treatment turned out to be a failure in our hospital from January 2009 to September 2012 were enrolled in this study. They were divided into two groups: the experimental group (106 patients received ductal exploration) and the control group (174 patients continued physical treatment). χ2 test was used to analyze the difference of treatment effect in 2 groups.
Results
The cure rates after one time treatment were 51.9% (55/106) in the experimental group and 16.7% (29/174) in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (χ2=38.910, P=0.000). Effective rates were 89.6% (95/106) in the experimental group and 68.4% (119/174) in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (χ2 =16.483, P=0.000). There were 15 patients with recurrence in the experimental group and 25 in the control group, which indicated no statistically significant difference between two groups (χ2=0.003, P=0.960).
Conclusion
The breast ductal exploration is effective in galactostasis patients, which is worthy of being widely applied in clinic.
Key words:
lactation,
mastitis,
galactostasis
Hai-feng GAO, Xiang-jun MA, Jie WANG, Ya-jun GAO, Xiang-ping HE. Therapeutical effect of breast ductal exploration on galactostasis[J]. Chinese Journal of Breast Disease(Electronic Edition), 2013, 07(03): 192-196.