Breast Trauma: A Decade of Surgical Interventions And Outcomes From us Trauma Centers.

Breast injuries requiring surgery are uncommon. Most occur following penetrating trauma, although injury severity is highest after blunt trauma and mortality is highest after burns. Procedure type, injury severity, and outcomes varied significantly by mechanism of injury, implying that breast trauma should be considered within the context of injury mechanism. These findings may assist with prognostication after breast trauma necessitating surgical intervention.