Open AccessPatient-Reported Outcomes and Satisfaction After Total Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Expander-Implant Reconstruction
Author(s) -
Anne Warren Peled,
Erin Duralde,
Robert D. Foster,
Allison Stover Fiscalini,
Laura J. Esserman,
E. Shelley Hwang,
Hani Sbitany
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1536-3708
pISSN - 0148-7043
DOI - 10.1097/sap.0000000000000020
Subject(s) - medicine , patient satisfaction , psychosocial , implant , mastectomy , breast reconstruction , prospective cohort study , surgery , sensation , breast cancer , cancer , neuroscience , psychiatry , biology
Total skin-sparing mastectomy (TSSM) with preservation of the nipple-areolar complex skin has become more widely accepted. Few studies looking at outcomes after TSSM and immediate reconstruction have focused on patient-reported outcomes and trends in satisfaction over time.