Rise in microsurgical free-flap breast reconstruction in academic medical practices

Annals of Plastic Surgery
Chanukya R DasariMichael S Wong

Abstract

Previous studies have examined national trends in breast reconstruction, using various data sets demonstrating increases in implant-based reconstruction and decreases in autologous reconstruction. However, academic breast reconstruction practices have never been specifically characterized. The University Health Consortium-Association of American Medical Colleges Faculty Practice Solutions Center database contains comprehensive, factual billing and coding data from 90 academic medical centers in the United States, and has been used to characterize practice patterns of various academic surgical specialties. To describe breast reconstruction trends unique to academic surgical practices, using the Faculty Practice Solutions Center database. Annual data for defined breast reconstruction procedures (current procedural terminology codes: 19340, 19342, 19357, 19361, 19364, 19366, 19367, 19369, and 19380) performed by university plastic surgeons during calendar years 2007 to 2013 were included in the study. From 2007 to 2013, a 2-fold increase in the number of breast reconstruction procedures was observed (from a mean of 45.3 to 94.2 procedures per surgeon). During this period, implant-based reconstructions and autologous reconstruction...Continue Reading

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