Relation of body mass index and early complications following modified radical mastectomy Chandrakara Naman1, Shinde Raju K.2 1Senior Resident, Department of General Surgery, AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India 2Professor & Head Department of General Surgery, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi (Meghe), India Online published on 6 September, 2019. Abstract Breast cancer ranges from 19 to 45% of all cancers among Indian women in various geographical locations. The present Prospective and observational study was conducted in the Department of Surgery of Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital attached to Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. Forty one patients of carcinoma breast were treated with Modified Radical Mastectomy from September 2013 to September 2015. The mean age of cases was 50.90 years with a standard deviation of 11.61 years. only 1 male patient (2.44%) was diagnosed with carcinoma breast and 40 female patients (97.56%) out of 41 total cases. Maximum cases i.e 13 (31.70%) had involvement of upper outer quadrant. The number of cases with normal BMI was 24 (56.10%) and 17 cases (41.46%) were overweight. The mean BMI was 24.35 with standard deviation of 2.48. Significant association was found between BMI and incidence of wound dehiscence (p value-0.014). Significant association was found between BMI and seroma (p value-0.003). Significant association was found between BMI and haematoma (p value-0.033). There was no statistically significant association found between BMI and flap necrosis (p value-0.934), altered sensation (p value-0.57) and pain (p value-0.22) It was concluded that increased BMI one of the most common risk factors for early complications like seroma, hematoma and wound dehiscence, after Modified Radical Mastectomy. Top Keywords Body mass Index, seroma, hematoma, wound dehiscence, Modified Radical Mastectomy. Top |