A prospective comparison study of early functional outcomes after implant-based breast reconstruction: subpectoral versus prepectoral technique | Zendy

Joon Seok Lee | Zendy; Eunhee Park | Zendy; Jung Ho Lee | Zendy; Jeeyeon Lee | Zendy; Ho Yong Park | Zendy; Jung Dug Yang | Zendy; TaeDu Jung | Zendy

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A prospective comparison study of early functional outcomes after implant-based breast reconstruction: subpectoral versus prepectoral technique

Author(s) -

Joon Seok Lee,

Eunhee Park,

Jung Ho Lee,

Jeeyeon Lee,

Ho Yong Park,

Jung Dug Yang,

TaeDu Jung

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

annals of palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2224-5839

pISSN - 2224-5820

DOI - 10.21037/apm-20-1550

Subject(s) - medicine , visual analogue scale , breast reconstruction , implant , mastectomy , prospective cohort study , quality of life (healthcare) , hospital anxiety and depression scale , breast cancer , dash , repeated measures design , mood , surgery , anxiety , cancer , statistics , nursing , mathematics , psychiatry , computer science , operating system

After skin-sparing mastectomy, direct-to-implant breast reconstruction is divided into a subpectoral and prepectoral techniques. However, there is still lack of studies that have compared the functional recovery after reconstruction based on the two techniques. Therefore, this study was conducted as a prospective comparison of the functional recovery and quality of life between the two techniques.

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