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Endoscopic Bilateral Nipple-sparing Mastectomy via a Single Axillary Incision with Immediate Pre-pectoral Implant-based Breast Reconstruction
Published on: May 17, 2024
Awareness, acceptance, and perspective of women for reconstruction post Mastectomy
Tuqa Morad Alkaff1, Rawan Murshed AlTaleb2, Abdullah Esam Kattan3
1Medical Intern Kind Saud University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Objective:
To assess the level of awareness and acceptance among women for breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy.
Methods:
The observational cross-sectional study was conducted at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from November 2014 to April 2015, and comprised women aged 19-65 years with breast masses and women with high risk for breast cancer who were offered therapeutic mastectomy. The subjects were interviewed using a structured and validated questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS 21.
Results:
Of the 224 individuals approached, 209(93.3%) participated. Of them, 106(50.7%) considered having reconstruction and 97(46.4%) had read or heard about it. The most influencing factor for reconstruction was improving their psychological status 84(40.2%) and the most common reason for refusal was old age 26(12.4%). Patients who were 40 years or younger were more willing to undergo reconstruction (p=0.001).
Conclusions:
Patients with knowledge about breast reconstruction were more willing to accept the procedure. Increasing the awareness will increase acceptance of breast reconstruction..
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