Characterizing infections in prosthetic breast reconstruction: A validity assessment of national health databases

Current guidelines in the United States only require reporting 30-day postoperative outcomes to standardized databases, including the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP). Thus, many breast implant related complications go unreported in standard databases. We sought to characterize late periprosthetic infections following implant-based breast reconstruction.

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