Characteristics and distribution of chronic pain after mastectomy and breast reconstruction: a long-term prospective cohort study

Purpose Chronic pain following breast surgery is a concern for breast cancer survivors; however, few studies have investigated the localization of persistent postoperative pain. We conducted this study to identify the location of pain following breast reconstruction. Methods A total of 213 Japanese women undergoing mastectomy only or breast reconstruction with a tissue expander/implant (TE/Imp) or a deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap were enrolled in the study. Questionnaires related to pain location were sent to patients at the end of postoperative year (POY) 1 and POY 5. Multiple comparisons of the types of operation and cross-tabulation were made between the two time points. Results Surveys were completed by 107 of the women. Severe pain in the upper medial breast was significantly more common in POY 1 after DIEP reconstruction than after mastectomy only (P = 0.01), whereas abdominal pain was worse in POY 5 after DIEP reconstruction than after mastectomy only (P = 0.04). Pain in the medial arm and axilla had resolved better after TE/Imp (P = 0.03) and DIEP reconstruction (P = 0.01) than after mastectomy only by POY 5, but the difference between TE/Imp and DIEP reconstruction was not significant. Conclusions These results show that localization of prolonged postoperative pain following breast reconstruction differs depending on the surgical strategy..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

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Surgery today - 53(2023), 8 vom: 31. März, Seite 957-963

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shiraishi, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Sowa, Yoshihiro [VerfasserIn]
Tsuge, Itaru [VerfasserIn]
Shiraishi, Akiko [VerfasserIn]
Inafuku, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Morimoto, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Nakayama, Ichiro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Breast implant
Breast reconstruction
Chronic postoperative pain
Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap
Tissue expander

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10.1007/s00595-023-02676-y

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OLC2144678936