Pawan Agarwal, Amol K Patel, Arjun Saxena, Arpan Mishra.
Assessment of quality of life after breast reconstructive surgery following mastectomy for carcinoma breast.
J Surg Pak Jan ;16(2):50-5.

Objective To find out acceptability of the breast reconstruction and to evaluate quality of life (QOL) after breast reconstruction. Study design Descriptive study. Place & Duration of study Plastic surgery unit, Department of Surgery; NSCB Govt. Medical College and Hospital Jabalpur (M.P.) India over a period of 2 years. Methodology Forty five women who consented to join the study completed the questionnaires before operation, three months after operation and than 6 months later. The quality of life was assessed after breast reconstruction by European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Breast Cancer-Specific quality of life questionnaire. Results We found that 76% women were highly satisfied with their physical quality of life in breast reconstruction group whereas in mastectomy alone group only 20% women were happy with their post mastectomy status of life. Conclusions Majority of women after immediate breast reconstruction live their life with acceptable quality and a lower incidence of psychological morbidity.

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