Abstract
Abstract Background: As the number of patients diagnosed with BRCA mutations increases, the number of risk-reducing procedures also increasing. Previous researchers have documented that it is safe to perform combination surgery, including risk-reducing mastectomies and salpingo-oophorectomies, under the same anesthesia. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine, retrospectively, surgical outcomes of women undergoing combination cancer–risk reducing breast, gynecologic, and breast-reconstruction surgery. Design: This was a retrospective cohort study. Materials and Methods: Two hospital databases were searched from January 2011, to March 2014. Charts of women undergoing risk-reducing breast-gynecologic surgery together with breast reconstruction were identified. All patients had the gynecologic portion of the surgery preceding the breast surgery. High-risk qualifiers for study inclusion were: BRCA mutation; personal history of breast or gynecologic cancer; or first-degree relative with breast or gynec...
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