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Anticancer Res ; 41(6): 3075-3082, 2021 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34083300

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AIM: Quality of life and patient satisfaction after subpectoral breast reconstruction with meshes or acellular dermal matrices (ADM) and implants were assessed using the BreastQ questionnaire to investigate a potential influence of the materials on these parameters. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The BreastQ questionnaire was completed by 121 patients, who had received material-assisted, heterologous, subpectoral breast reconstruction between 2010 and 2018. RESULTS: Answers were similar independent of the reconstruction materials used. After prophylactic mastectomy, the physical wellbeing (chest) improved significantly with all materials (p=0.04). Postoperative radiotherapy significantly reduced satisfaction with outcome (p=0.005). Patients under 50 years old had significantly better postoperative sexual wellbeing than older patients (p=0.03). CONCLUSION: No influence was detected of the materials on the postoperative quality of life and patient satisfaction. An overall better quality of life was reported by younger and normal-weight patients with prophylactic or nipple-sparing mastectomy without radiotherapy.


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Breast Implantation/methods , Breast Implants , Pectoralis Muscles/surgery , Quality of Life , Breast Neoplasms/psychology , Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Female , Humans , Mastectomy , Patient Satisfaction , Retrospective Studies
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