ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Long-Term Quality of Life (BREAST-Q) in Patients with Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction.
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- Patients' Satisfaction After Breast Reconstruction Surgery Using Autologous versus Implants: A Meta-Analysis.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2024Pooled it
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- Usefulness of the Nipple Delay Procedure in Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Impact of Contralateral Implant Placement in Unilateral Implant-Based Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
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- Post-Mastectomy Flat Closure: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Patient Outcomes and Perspectives.Annals of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Quality of life after risk reducing mastectomy in a Portuguese cohort of BRCA pathogenic/likely pathogenic variant carriers.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2025Article
- Comparison of nipple sparing and skin sparing mastectomy with immediate reconstruction based on patient reported outcomes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Quality-of-Life Assessment in Patients Undergoing Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction for Moderate-Penetrance Gene-Related Breast Cancer.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Quality of life in breast reconstruction: a comparison of lightweight and conventional breast implants.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Article
- Influence of Closed-incision Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Abdominal Site Complications in Autologous Breast Reconstruction.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- Psychosocial and sexual well-being in breast cancer survivors undergoing immediate breast reconstruction: The mediating role of breast satisfaction.European journal of cancer care · 2022Article
- Patient Self-reported Breast Cup Size and Resultant Mastectomy Specimen Weight: Implications for Reconstructive Breast Surgery.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2022Article
- Long-Term Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Life Following Breast Reconstruction Using the BREAST-Q: A Prospective Cohort Study.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
(1) Background: Mastectomy is the surgical treatment of choice in 20-30% of women with breast cancer. In addition, more women are undergoing risk-reducing mastectomies. It is necessary to study these women's quality of life and satisfaction after surgery, as studies report high percentages of dissatisfaction with the results. The publication of the BREAST-Q© questionnaire in 2009 provided a valuable tool to measure these results. (2) Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study of 70 patients who underwent mastectomy and breast reconstruction, both therapeutic and prophylactic, in the last 10 years to whom the BREAST-Q© 2.0-Reconstruction Module questionnaire was provided for completion. (3) Results: The sexual satisfaction scale was the lowest score of the entire questionnaire (51.84 ± 21.13), while the highest score was obtained on the satisfaction with the surgeon scale (91.86 ± 18.11). The satisfaction with care scales showed the importance of the evaluation of these items for future studies. More than half of the patients of the study (51.5%) underwent at least one reoperation after the first surgery, with an average of one (1.15) intervention per patient and a maximum of five. (4) Conclusions: Mastectomy and breast reconstruction have a high negative impact on the sexual well-being of patients. The high percentage of reoperations is a factor to consider because of its possible influence on these patients' quality of life and satisfaction.
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