Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35927501›Full record

ArticleAesthetic plastic surgery2023

Direct-to-Implant Breast Reconstruction After Unilateral and Bilateral Mastectomy: Cross-Sectional Study of Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Life with BREAST-Q.

Annalisa Cogliandro, Rosa Salzillo, Mauro Barone, Stefania Tenna, Barbara Cagli, Paolo Persichetti

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Aesthetic plastic surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Annalisa CogliandroPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Medico University of Rome, Campus BioVia Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy. a.cogliandro@policlinicocampus.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9497-6757
Rosa SalzilloPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Medico University of Rome, Campus BioVia Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy.
Mauro BaronePlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Medico University of Rome, Campus BioVia Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy.
Stefania TennaPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Medico University of Rome, Campus BioVia Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy.
Barbara CagliPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Medico University of Rome, Campus BioVia Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy.
Paolo PersichettiPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Medico University of Rome, Campus BioVia Alvaro del Portillo 200, Rome, Italy.
Università Campus Bio-Medico · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionImmediate single stage breast reconstruction is a challenging procedure with the goal of improving the quality of life of patients with breast cancer. The aim of this study is to evaluate using the BREAST-Q patient satisfaction, body perception and quality of life after direct-to-implant breast reconstruction comparing unilateral and bilateral reconstructions.

methodsIn this study we enrolled 56 women who underwent mastectomy and immediate single-stage direct-to-implant (DTI) breast reconstruction at Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome between 2013 and 2020. One year after surgery they were administered electronically the BREAST-Q post-operative module.

resultsOur two cohorts of patients consisted in 34 women who received unilateral nipple-sparing mastectomy and DTI breast reconstruction and 22 women who underwent bilateral nipple-sparing mastectomy and DTI breast reconstruction. Twenty-four of the 34 patients belonging to the unilateral group responded to the questionnaire (70.5%), while in the bilateral group responders were 16 out of 22 (72.7%). The BREAST-Q scores were compared between the two groups: patients undergoing bilateral mastectomy and breast reconstruction showed higher scores in every BREAST-Q domain compared to patients undergoing unilateral mastectomy and breast reconstruction with a statistically significant difference in the Satisfaction with breast (P = 0.01), Sexual well-being (P = 0.03), and Satisfaction with implants (P = 0.01) domains.

conclusionsPatients undergoing bilateral DTI breast reconstruction have a favorable postoperative surgical cosmetic outcome with a better patient's body image perception and a higher post-operative level of satisfaction compared to unilateral DTI reconstruction after nipple-sparing mastectomy. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE IV: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266.

Indexed as

Breast ImplantsBreast NeoplasmsMammaplastyCohort StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMastectomyPatient SatisfactionQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeBreast-qBreast reconstructionMastectomyPlastic surgeryPROMs

Identifiers

PMID35927501
OpenAlexW4289793221

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.