LAS VEGAS—Re-excision after breast-conserving surgery has a significant impact on patients, who face a second operation with its risk for complications and potentially worse cosmetic outcomes. Re-excision is also a burden on OR time and cost, and represents an area that, with even a modest reduction, could yield big benefits, according to a new study.
“Re-excision rates have been discussed as a measure of quality for breast surgery, but there is not a large amount