Authors
Christopher R Bailey, Onyebuchi Ogbuagu, Pablo A Baltodano, Usamah F Simjee, Michele A Manahan, Damon S Cooney, Lisa K Jacobs, Theodore N Tsangaris, Carisa M Cooney, Gedge D Rosson
Publication date
2017/8/1
Journal
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Volume
140
Issue
2
Pages
219-226
Publisher
LWW
Description
Background:
Loss of the nipple-areola complex can be psychologically and sexually devastating. Nipple-sparing mastectomy provides robust cosmetic results, but few studies have investigated the quality-of-life outcomes associated with it.
Methods:
The authors performed an institutional review board–approved retrospective study of 32 patients who underwent nipple-sparing mastectomy with implant-based or autologous reconstruction and 32 control patients who underwent non–nipple-sparing mastectomy with reconstruction matched by reconstruction type and operative period. They then compared premastectomy and postreconstruction responses to the BREAST-Q, a validated and breast reconstruction–specific quality-of-life questionnaire, within and between their study and control populations.
Results:
The nipple-sparing and non–nipple-sparing mastectomy groups were statistically similar in terms of mean age …
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