The clinical significance of complete process management for the quality control of horizontal rotational resection of a breast mass

OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical outcomes of the complete process management of horizontal rotational resection of a breast mass. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted involving 638 patients who underwent horizontal rotational resection of breast tissue in the Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery of the People’s Hospital of China Medical University from August 2018 to August 2020 using the ultrasound Breast Imaging-Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) classification of 4A and below. These patients were divided into the experimental group and the control group based on whether the surgery had been performed following the order of the complete process management. The time cutoff point for the two groups was June 2019. The propensity score matching method was used to implement 1:1 ratio matching according to age, mass size, location, ultrasound BI-RADS classification, and breast size (measured by basal diameter), and the patients in the two groups were compared for the duration of surgery (the time needed to performed the three-step 3D positioning), postoperative skin hematoma and ecchymosis, postoperative pathological malignancy rate, residual rate of the mass, and satisfaction rate. RESULTS: After 278 pairs were matched, no statistically significant differences were found between the two groups in terms of demographics (P > 0.05). The duration of surgery in the experimental group was significantly shorter compared with the control group (7.90 ± 2.18 min vs. 10.20 ± 5.99 min, respectively; P < 0.05); the satisfaction score in the experimental group (8.33 ± 1.36) was higher compared with the control group (6.48 ± 1.22) (P < 0.05); the malignant and residual rates of mass in the experimental group were lower than those in the control group, i.e., 6 vs. 21 cases (P < 0.05), and 4 vs. 16 cases, respectively (P < 0.05); the incidence of skin hematoma and ecchymosis was lower in the experimental group, i.e., 3 vs. 21 cases (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Complete process management for horizontal rotational resection of a breast mass can shorten the duration of surgery, reduce the residual mass, postoperative bleeding, and postoperative malignancy rates, and improve the breast preservation rate and patient satisfaction. Accordingly, its popularization represents research value.