Patient satisfaction and quality of life in breast reconstruction: assessment of outcomes of immediate, delayed, and nonreconstruction.

• DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.22515/v1
• Publication Date: 2020-02-04T15:02:16Z
• Authors: Hianga Fayssa Fer...; Jorge Luiz de Alm...; Reginaldo da Silv...; Evânia Curvelo Hora; Filipe Ferreira B...; Kênya de Souza Bo...; Érika de Abreu Co...; Marcela Sampaio Lima; Adriane Dórea Mar...; Alex Rodrigues Moura; Tarcizo Costa Fig...; Thiago Costa de O...; Ana Alice Santana...; Carlos Anselmo Lima
• Keywords: Quality of life; Adult; Science (General); Time Factors; QH301-705.5; Mammaplasty; R; Breast Neoplasms; Middle Aged; 3. Good health; Q1-390; Research Note; Breast cancer; Cross-Sectional Studies; Patient Satisfaction; Surveys and Questionnaires; Quality of Life; Medicine; Humans; Breast reconstruction; Female; Biology (General); Mastectomy

Abstract Objectives: This study was conducted aiming to assess the quality of life and satisfaction mastectomized women treated with without breast reconstruction. Results: A total 81 patients were included, whom 53 (65.4%) underwent Quality not significantly better in reconstruction group than nonreconstruction group. Satisfaction surgically operated breast, whether reconstructed or not, positively correlated (p = 0.004). There no significant difference between immediate late showed that is more important not. When we analyzed who dissatisfied their unreconstructed breasts, observed had a negative impact on life. Keywords: Breast cancer, Mastectomy, reconstruction,