ArticleWorld journal of surgery2022
Breast Reconstruction-Prospective Follow up on Breast Cancer Patients' Health-Related Quality of Life.
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- Surgical outcomes of robotic versus conventional autologous breast reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Curative effect of immediate reconstruction after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Pooled it
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- Breast Cancer Local Recurrence in Patients With and Without Post-Mastectomy Immediate Breast Reconstruction: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2026Review
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- Effect of endoscopic surgery on quality of life and clinical prognosis of patients with early breast cancer compared with traditional modified radical surgery.World journal of surgical oncology · 2025Article
- Breast Implants: Low Rate of Annual Check-Ups Results in Delayed Presentation of Ruptured Implants.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of quality of life in breast cancer patients who underwent breast-conserving surgery or mastectomy using real-world data.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2023Article
- Patient Perspectives and Quality of Life after Breast Reconstruction and the Impact of Subsequent Revisions.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2023Article
- The landscape of exosomal non-coding RNAs in breast cancer drug resistance, focusing on underlying molecular mechanisms.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Review
- Health-Related Quality of Life After Breast Reconstruction: Comparing Outcomes Between Reconstruction Techniques Using the BREAST-Q.World journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Impact of Immediate and Delayed Breast Reconstruction on Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Investigating the Difference in Quality of Life Between Immediate and Delayed Breast Cancer Reconstruction: A Systematic Review.Cancer diagnosis & prognosisReview
- The Cost of Breast Cancer Surgery - Is the Money Spent Reflected on Health-related Quality of Life?In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnalysing the results of breast reconstruction is important both in terms of oncological safety and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) is thought to be prone to complications and heavy for patients with no time to adapt to having cancer. Delayed reconstruction (DR) is an option after primary surgery and oncological treatments, but requires patients to go through two recovery periods after surgery.
methodsA prospective study of 1065 breast cancer patients with repeated measurement of HRQoL with both generic (15D) and disease specific (EORTC QLQ C-30 BR23) measuring tools included 51 IBR patients and 41 DR patients. These patients' HRQoL and reconstruction methods were studied in more detail alongside with clinical data to determine HRQoL levels for patients with IBR and those with mastectomy and DR during a 24-month follow-up. Measuring points were baseline, 3, 6, 12 and 24 months.
resultsMost frequent techniques used were abdominal flaps (IBR n = 16, DR n = 14), latissimus dorsi flaps (LD) (IBR n = 19, DR n = 10), implants (IBR n = 12) and fat grafting (DR n = 6). Smaller groups were excluded from group comparisons. Approximately one third of the patients encountered complications. Symptom scores did not differ between reconstruction methods. DR patients had better overall HRQoL at 12 months, but at 24 months the situation had changed in favour of IBR. Both approaches of reconstructive surgery produced good HRQoL with no significant differences between the approaches studied.
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