Tranverse Abdominal Island Flap for Breast Reconstruction
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-133768
ABSTRACT
The psychosocial literature is replete with studies describing morbidity associated with mastectomy, “the stress of which causes considerable upset in virtually all areas of a patent’s life” Specific types of psychological distress resulting from radical surgery include clinically significant mood disturbance, decreased sexual interest and satisfaction increased self-consciousness about clothes and revealing underwear, negative changes in one’s body image, fears about recurrence and of late anxiety about the relative merits of breast reconstruciton.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Language:
English
Year:
2010
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