Background There are three patient reported outcome measure instruments (PROMs) that
have adequate content validity for breast reconstruction, BREAST-Q, BRECON-31 and …

Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women worldwide, with approximately two
million new cases every year. The number of cases increases despite the high survival rate …

Purpose The purpose of this research was to explore women's experiences after breast
surgery with scar characteristics and symptoms, and its impact on their health-related quality …

Objectives This study was conducted aiming to assess the quality of life and satisfaction of
women who had mastectomy treated with and without breast reconstruction. Results A total …

Background Modern imaging technologies, such as computed tomographic angiography
(CTA), can be useful for preoperative assessment in deep inferior epigastric artery perforator …

Background Although deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction is
the most widely used technique for autologous breast reconstruction, this technique leads to …

Objective In the United Kingdom, the number of women undergoing post‐mastectomy breast
reconstruction is increasing. Consequently, exploring patient‐reported outcomes in breast …

Robot-assisted mastectomy (RM) has become a burgeoning field of breast cancer surgery 1
owing to the following reasons: First, long-term breast cancer-related survival is majorly …

Abstract Background Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are an important addition to
oncologic breast surgical care. The majority of BREAST-Q PRO literature has been focused …

Purpose This research aimed to explore factors associated with patient-reported breast and
abdominal scar quality after deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast …