Long-term Donor Site-related Quality of Life after Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current knowledge about patients' perceptions of the donor site following abdominal-based breast reconstruction and its effect on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) several years after breast reconstruction is limited. This study aimed to assess the long-term effects of deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction on HRQoL, specifically focusing on the abdomen and donor site aspects.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study compared 66 women who underwent DIEP breast reconstruction between 2000 and 2007 with a matched control cohort of 114 women who underwent therapeutic mastectomies without reconstruction in the year 2005. The DIEP cohort of patients completed the BREAST-Q Reconstruction module during an outpatient visit in 2015-2016.

SUBMITTER: Svee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11288614 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature