Abstract: Patients' Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being Following Immediate Breast Reconstruction with Extended Latissmus Dorsi Flap (Plastic Surgery 2015)

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Amr Abdel Wahab Reda Mabrouk, MD , Plastic Surgery Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Hesham Aly Helal, MD , Plastic Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Nada Abdel Sattar Mahmoud, MD , Plastic Surgery Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Marwa Adel Elmissiry, MD , Psychiatry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

E-Poster

Background: Mastectomy for breast cancer is generally believed to affect women’s quality of life and well-being. Our understanding of the impact of breast reconstruction on women’s psychology remains to some extent inadequate.

Purpose: To evaluate the patients’ satisfaction with breast reconstruction using the extended latissimus dorsi flap and its impact on their psychological well-being.

Patients and Methods: A prospectively collected database of all breast cancer patients who underwent immediate breast reconstruction with extended latissmus dorsi Flap was reviewed. Patients were reviewed clinically and had measurement of their overall satisfaction with the outcomes and psychological well-being 6 months after completing their treatment.

Results: A 1-year follow-up survey of the females included in the study revealed statistically significant improvement after breast reconstruction when compared to patients having no reconstruction procedures done to them.

Conclusion: The level of satisfaction was statistically higher in those who had reconstruction than those who had mastectomy only.

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