Tuberous breast deformity correction : Long-term satisfaction assessment with BREAST-Q questionnaire

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BACKGROUND: Tuberous Breast Deformity (TBD) is a complex breast malformation: shape, size and symmetry of breast can be affected. It causes physical and mental suffering with significant effect on life quality. The purpose of this study is to assess patients satisfaction and patients quality of life after TBD surgery over time.

METHODS: All TBD patients operated between January 2007 and December 2018 were retrospectively identified for the study and those treated whith implant and/or mammoplasty were included. Different parameters have been recorded: age, malformation severity, breast symmetry, BMI, pregnancies, breast-feeding, type of primary surgery, complications and number of re-operations. Long-term satisfaction was assessed thanks to a BREAST-Q questionnaire (with a special « augmentation » or « reduction/mastopexy » module according to the primary surgery).

RESULTS: Eighty-two patients were included: 35 patients had recieved bilateral breast implants, 14 patients had received unilateral breast implant with or without collateral mammoplasty, and 33 patients had undergone breast reduction surgery. The total average for the medical follow-up was 7.4 years. The number of intervention was significantly higher for patients who had undergone breast augmentation surgery (P=0.001) and for patients with severe TBD (P=0.01). Forty patients replied to the BREAST-Q questionnaire. Patients satisfaction scores were not significantly different between the different groups. Regarding life quality scores, patients undergoing a breast augmentation surgery with bilateral implants seemed to have a better "sexual well-being" score (P=0.03). "Physical well-being" score was lower for patients who had a breast reduction compared to the other groups (P=0.01). Patients with breast implants had significant better quality of life scores, especially for the following parameters: "psychosocial well-being" (P=0.02), "sexual well-being" (P<0.001), "physical well-being" (P<0.001) and "satisfaction with breast" (P=0.03).

CONCLUSIONS: TBD surgery basically provides long-term satisfaction for most of the patients. The number of re-operations does not seem to deteriorate satisfaction over time.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:66

Enthalten in:

Annales de chirurgie plastique et esthetique - 66(2021), 6 vom: 22. Dez., Seite 466-475

Sprache:

Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Correction des seins tubéreux : évaluation de la satisfaction à long terme à l’aide du BREAST-Q

Beteiligte Personen:

Faure, A [VerfasserIn]
Mosca, M V [VerfasserIn]
Régas, I [VerfasserIn]
Pluvy, I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BREAST-Q
Journal Article
Long-term satisfaction
Outcomes follow-up
Résultats à long terme
Satisfaction
Sein tubéreux
Tuberous breast deformity

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Date Completed 06.12.2021

Date Revised 14.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.anplas.2021.08.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331050625