Abstract

Breast carcinoma management is multidisciplinary with surgery, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapy, and chemotherapy.1 However, surgical management is the hallmark of the treatment of breast carcinoma. "Modified radical mastectomy" is the most commonly employed surgery.2 Complications contribute to morbidity, prolong the hospital stay, cost, and interfere with the management of breast cancer. E- operative evaluation, meticulous techniques, hemostasis, and wound closure can decrease complications. Aims & Objectives: To study the postoperative complications of Modified radical mastectomy, To identify the triggering factors of and to know the preventive and treatment modalities for complications. Patients and Methods: Prospective observational study on 100 Patients diagnosed with breast carcinoma that undergo Modified radical mastectomy in the Department of General Surgery at a GGH Anathapur over a period of one year. Conclusion: Seroma formation (18%), surgical site infection were common complications. The patient's age, obesity, diabetes, electrocautery dissection, and early removal of drain were found as risk factors for seroma formation.

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