NCT01613352

Feasibility of Ambulatory Surgery for Early Breast Cancer

Same Day Discharge After Surgery for Early Breast Cancer - a Feasible Option

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Helsinki University Central Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim was to assess the patient compliance and medical and psychosocial effects of same day hospital discharge after breast conserving surgery and sentinel node biopsy only.

Detailed description

The patients with small breast tumours (\<2 cm)and clinically node negative disease, were randomized to receive breast conserving surgery and sentinel node biopsy as ambulatory surgery or inpatient-surgery.Complication rate, patient satisfaction and psychosocial outcomes were compared. The psychosocial effects of the treatment mode on their spouses were recorded as well.

Conditions

• Early Breast Cancer
• Psychosocial Wellbeing
• Ambulatory Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Ambulatory surgery	Sentinel node mapping was done on the previous day and the patients were operated on first in the morning.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-03-01
• Primary completion: 2011-04-01
• Completion: 2011-04-01
• First posted: 2012-06-07
• Last updated: 2012-06-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland