J. Smith Torres-Roman

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1. Introduction Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the third most important vascular disease in the general population. Cancer patients are 4 to 7 times more likely to develop VTE, with it being the second cause of death among these patients [1,2]. The incidence of recurrent VTE is 9.6%, reaching 22.1% in the first 6 months after the initial diagnosis of cancer [3].

Abstract Background Obesity has nearly tripled in the last 50 years. During the last decades, oncoplastic breast surgery has become an important choice in the surgical treatment of breast cancer. An association exists between higher body mass index (BMI) and wound complications for major operations, but there is scarce literature on oncoplastic surgery. Hence, our aim was to compare the complication rates among patients who underwent oncoplastic surgery, stratified by BMI.