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Objective:To understand the psychology of patients undergoing breast augmentation, and to provide reference for preoperative communication between clinicians and patients.Methods:From September 2016 to September 2017, the Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital formulated a 37-question questionnaire based on BREAST-Q and Chinese national conditions, and investigated patients who planned to undergo breast augmentation in 34 hospitals.Results:A total of 2066 valid questionnaires were collected. Fifty-four percent of women were dissatisfied with their nude appearance, which was more dissatisfied compared with their appearance when dressed. Surgical safety (20.1%), surgical effect (16.8%), surgical method and incision selection (16.5%), breast implant material (14.5%) and doctor′s skill (11.6%) were the five most important factors for considering breast augmentation. Only 26.6% of the respondents were supported by their family members or partners when they made the decision to have breast augmentation. Most women had limited knowledge of breast augmentation, with only 24.9 percent of respondents having a thorough understanding of the procedure.Conclusions:Women undergoing breast augmentation have an urgent need to improve their appearance, and their decision-making process is affected by many factors, among which surgical safety is the most worrying factor for patients. This group of people have limited knowledge about surgery, and the popularization of breast augmentation by plastic surgeons remains to be strengthened.
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Objective@#To evaluate the accuracy of the simulation with a 3D stereophotogrammetric imaging system(Vectra) for the prosthetic breast augmentation.@*Methods@#From July 2014 to December 2015, 32 patients received Vectra scanning prior to breast augmentation. The simulations of post-operation images were created by the software.The distance of SN-N line, N-N line and the volume of the simulated breast was measured by the software. The patients came back for a follow-up 1-6 months post-operation. At that time, the same type of data was collected again, and the difference of simulated and real post-operation breast was calculated. 18 professional doctors scored the accuracy of the simulation using a 1-10 scale. We defined 6-10 as"of great accuracy". The scores were analyzed using the independent-sample t test.@*Results@#The simulated distance of SN-N line(L/R), N-N line(L/R) and the volume(L/R) was (19.3±1.4) cm/(19.3±1.2) cm、(19.0±1.5) cm and (369.0±64.5) ml/(370.0±82.7) ml. The real distance of SN-N line(L/R), N-N line(L/R) and the volume(L/R) was (19.0±1.3) cm /(19.0±1.2) cm、(18.4±1.3) cm and (365.6±81.0) ml/(360.2±84.2) ml. Those data of simulating and real post-operation breast was statistically insignificant (P>0.05). The score of the simulation accuracy by 18 professional doctors was 7.9±1.4, which means the doctors agreed the accuracy of Vectra for the breast augment simulation was great.@*Conclusions@#The Vectra can simulate the figure of breast augmentation with good accuracy.