@article {238316,
	title = {Racial disparities in the type of postmastectomy reconstruction chosen.},
	journal = {J Surg Res},
	year = {2015},
	month = {2015 Jan 13},
	abstract = {BACKGROUND: Racial disparities remain for women undergoing immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) after mastectomy. Understanding patterns of racial disparities in IBR utilization may present opportunities to tailor policies aimed at optimizing care across racial groups. The aim of this study was to determine if racial disparities exist for types of IBR chosen.

METHODS: A national, retrospective cohort study used the 2005-2011 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Multivariable logistic regression models were created to detect the odds by race for receiving each subtype of IBR after mastectomy-prosthetic, pedicled-transfer autologous tissue, or free-transfer autologous tissue. Secondary outcome was trends in IBR rates over time.

RESULTS: There were 44,597 women identified in the data set who underwent mastectomy. Thirty-seven percent of women (N~=~16, 642) were noted to undergo IBR after mastectomy. Prosthetic reconstruction (84.4\%, n~=~37, 640) was the most common form of IBR compared with pedicled-autologous reconstruction (15.4\%, n~=~6868) and free transfer autologous reconstruction (4.9\%, n~=~2185), P~,
	issn = {1095-8673},
	doi = {10.1016/j.jss.2015.01.013},
	author = {Offodile, Anaeze C and Tsai, Thomas C. and Wenger, Julia B and Guo, Lifei}
}
