Risk Factors for Complications after Reduction Mammoplasty: A Meta-Analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 12; p. e0167746
• Main Authors: Zhang, Min-Xia, Chen, Chun-Ye, Fang, Qing-Qing, Xu, Ji-Hua, Wang, Xiao-Feng, Shi, Bang-Hui, Wu, Li-Hong, Tan, Wei-Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 09.12.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age Factors; Biology and Life Sciences; Body mass; Body Mass Index; Body size; Breast - abnormalities; Breast - surgery; Breasts; Complications; Complications and side effects; Confidence intervals; Dehiscence; Disease susceptibility; Female; Humans; Hypertrophy - surgery; Hypertrophy - therapy; Identification methods; Infections; Irradiated; Mammaplasty; Mammaplasty - adverse effects; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Obesity; Patients; Physical Sciences; Plastic surgery; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Radiation; Radiation therapy; Reduction; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; Smoking; Smoking - adverse effects; Studies; Surgical Wound Infection - etiology; Wounds; United States; China

Reduction mammoplasty (RM) is a proven method of treating macromastia, but the risk factors for postoperative complications have not been clearly identified. Through this meta-analysis, the authors aimed to identify the risk factors of RM complications. An extensive search of the literature describi...