Women's quality of life and surgical long-term outcome after breast reconstruction in Poland syndrome patients.
Women's quality of life and surgical long-term outcome after breast reconstruction in Poland syndrome patients.
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波兰综合征患者乳房重建后女性的生活质量和手术长期结果。
DOI:
10.1089/jwh.2010.2211
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
L. Kovacs
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作者:
N. Papadopulos;M. Eder;S. Stergioula;H. Teymouri;M. Mavroudis;P. Herschbach;G. Henrich;O. Papadopoulos;E. Biemer;L. Kovacs
BACKGROUND
In the last decades, several surgical approaches have been used to improve the appearance and quality of life of female Poland syndrome patients. The aim of this study was to analyze the women's quality of life and long-term outcome after breast reconstruction.
METHODS
Forty-nine women with Poland syndrome who were treated surgically between 1974 and 2007 received standardized questionnaires to evaluate their quality of life and satisfaction after surgical treatment.
RESULTS
Patient response was 65%, with 32 completed questionnaires by 16 women who had pedicled latissimus dorsi myocutaneous (LDM) flaps, 12 with tissue expander or silicone implants, and 4 who had free transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flaps. Of these patients, 16 were satisfied or highly satisfied with their postoperative appearance (13 with LDM, 2 with prosthesis, and 1 with TRAM), 16 patients would recommend the same surgery to others under similar circumstances (10 with LDM, 5 with prosthesis, and 1 with TRAM), and 18 patients would choose the same method again (14 with LDM, 3 with prosthesis, and 1 with TRAM).
CONCLUSIONS
In our study, we found that satisfactory outcome in breast reconstruction was achieved particularly when using the LDM flap, which remains the only method that recreates the anterior axillary fold. Future studies on reconstruction methods with autogenous tissue (e.g., TRAM, deep inferior epigastric perforator [DIEP] flap) are needed, however, to analyze quality of life and long-term outcome in patients with Poland syndrome.